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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 17, 200816 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 2:58 PM CST for 16 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 17, 2008, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2008, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2008, 4:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 17, 2008, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -86 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 172058
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
258 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

.WINDS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN AREAS ALONG A
LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MORRIS TO MONTEVIDEO TO CANBY TO REDWOOD
FALLS TO NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 40 MPH WILL WORK INTO THIS AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL MID EVENING.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND SOME PATCHY
BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. BE ALERT FOR SNOW BLOWING ACROSS
ROADWAYS IN WIDE OPEN AREAS AND POSSIBLE SLICK SPOTS. WINDS WILL
DECREASE TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-180400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.080217T2200Z-080218T0400Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
258 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

WINDS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN AREAS ALONG A
LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MORRIS TO MONTEVIDEO TO CANBY TO REDWOOD
FALLS TO NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 40 MPH WILL WORK INTO THIS AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL MID EVENING.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND SOME PATCHY
BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. BE ALERT FOR SNOW BLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS
IN WIDE OPEN AREAS AND POSSIBLE SLICK SPOTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE
TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

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

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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.