Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2008, 4:37 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2008, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 100937 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 437 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAIN STATES IS EXPECTED TO PUSH TO THE NORTHEAST REACHING CENTRAL IOWA BY DAWN FRIDAY. WITH THE APPROACH OF THIS LOW...A STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH IS EXPECTED FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-101745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.080410T1500Z-080411T0300Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 437 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH IS EXPECTED FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 101611 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1111 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM...INCLUDING THE FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA AREAS. MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-110015- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1111 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 101900 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 200 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM...INCLUDING THE FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA AREAS. MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-110300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 200 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 4:36 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Martin, Nicollet and 5 more | 35 hr |
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.