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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 31, 20087 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Aug 31, 2008, 9:28 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Aug 31, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2008, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 31, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KMPX 311428
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
928 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND MAINLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO...FROM ABOUT 1 PM UNTIL 7 PM.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT.

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-312230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.080831T1800Z-080901T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
928 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND MAINLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO...FROM ABOUT 1 PM UNTIL 7 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 312104
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
404 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND MAINLY EAST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO...UNTIL ABOUT 7 PM.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT.

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-010000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080901T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
404 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND MAINLY EAST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO...UNTIL ABOUT 7 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MDB/AJZ

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.