Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 3:42 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2008, 3:42 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 2171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 142054 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ON TUESDAY... .SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED...WHICH WILL COVER AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE A STRONG SOUTH WIND BETWEEN THE LOW PRESSURE...AND A DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ADVISORY AREA WILL NEED TO EXPANDED ON TUESDAY. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-150500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.080415T1200Z-080416T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 354 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE ADVISORY AREA GENERALLY INCLUDES COMMUNITIES ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 150454 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1154 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TUESDAY... .SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED...WHICH WILL COVER AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE A STRONG SOUTH WIND BETWEEN THE LOW PRESSURE... AND A DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ADVISORY AREA WILL NEED TO EXPANDED ON TUESDAY. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-151300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.080415T1200Z-080416T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 1154 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE ADVISORY AREA GENERALLY INCLUDES COMMUNITIES ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 150842 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 342 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...AND AS A RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH DAKOTA LATER TODAY...CAUSING A STRONG SOUTH WIND BETWEEN THE LOW PRESSURE...AND A DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ONSET OVER SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...WITH A MID MORNING ONSET OVER THE REST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO ABATE SLIGHTLY TOWARD MID EVENING. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. TAKE CARE TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-065>070-075>078-084-085-093-151645- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.080415T1500Z-080416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 342 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 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 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ONSET BY MID MORNING OVER THE BULK OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO ABATE SLIGHTLY TOWARD MID EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-151645- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.080415T1200Z-080416T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 342 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ONSET SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO ABATE SLIGHTLY TOWARD MID EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KAT
000 WWUS73 KMPX 151648 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1148 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WERE COMMON LATE THIS MORNING...OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE HIGHER SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS...WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS IN THIS AREA COULD BE AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH WILL BE MOVING TOWARD NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...BUT WINDS WILL DECREASE SLOWLY LATER IN THE EVENING. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. TAKE CARE TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1148 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...WILL BE COMMON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHER SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND A FEW GUSTS COULD REACH 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO ABATE SLIGHTLY TOWARD MID EVENING. 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 151953 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 253 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WERE COMMON LATE THIS AFTERNOON...OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM...BUT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH 10 PM. WIND GUSTS IN THIS AREA COULD BE AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH WILL BE MOVING TOWARD NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...BUT WINDS WILL DECREASE SLOWLY AFTER DARK. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. TAKE CARE TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-160300- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080416T0300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 253 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL BE COMMON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHER SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE FOUND ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AFTER DARK. EXPECT THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD TO DECREASE BY 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. $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066-068>070-078-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING 253 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL BE COMMON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHER SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO ABATE DURING THE EARLY EVENING. 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 160023 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 723 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WERE STILL OCCURRING THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR AN AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO NORTHFIELD. SOME OF THE CITIES STILL IN THE ADVISORY ARE MANKATO... FAIRMONT...ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND REDWOOD FALLS. LATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 20 OR 25 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SO THE ADVISORY IS SLATED TO END AT 10 PM. FARTHER NORTH...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED A LITTLE BIT OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE THE ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE IN THOSE AREAS. GUSTS AROUND ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES WILL STILL BE AROUND 30 MPH THIS EVENING...BUT LESS THAN WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER NORTH DAKOTA... AND IT WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. TAKE CARE TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066-068>070-078-160130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING 723 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED A LITTLE BIT OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SO THE ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE IN THOSE AREAS. GUSTS AROUND ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES WILL STILL BE AROUND 30 MPH THIS EVENING...BUT LESS THAN WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER NORTH DAKOTA... AND IT WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-160300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080416T0300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 723 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WERE STILL OCCURRING THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR AN AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO NORTHFIELD. SOME OF THE CITIES STILL IN THE ADVISORY ARE MANKATO... FAIRMONT...ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND REDWOOD FALLS. LATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 20 OR 25 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SO THE ADVISORY IS SLATED TO END AT 10 PM. A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER NORTH DAKOTA... AND IT WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. TAKE CARE TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. $$ TDK
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Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008
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.