Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 2, 2008, 3:51 AM CDT for 26 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 2, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2008, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 counties
Benton County, MN, 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, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 020851 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 351 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...TAKE TIME THIS MORNING TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-021700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.080502T1800Z-080503T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 351 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA. 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. $$ RAH
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 021756 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ADVISORY MAY BE EXPANDED SLIGHTLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...TAKE TIME THIS MORNING TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-030200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.080502T1800Z-080503T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JPR
000 WWUS73 KMPX 021956 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 256 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .A WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID MORNING ON SATURDAY...AND HAS BEEN EXPANDED EASTWARD TO ENCOMPASS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL. THE WIND ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WIND ADVISORY AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY SATURDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...TAKE TIME THIS MORNING TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ042>044-049>051-057>059-065>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-030400- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.080502T2100Z-080503T1400Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 256 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY SATURDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. 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. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-030400- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080503T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 256 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID MORNING ON SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WIND ADVISORY AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY SATURDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KAT
000 WWUS73 KMPX 030205 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 905 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .A WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITUATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY SATURDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...TAKE TIME THIS MORNING TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS THAT MAY BE LOFTED BY THE WINDS. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-031015- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080503T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 905 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A SEASONALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITUATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY SATURDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. 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 030857 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 357 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO MID MORNING... .A WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 9 AM. THE WIND ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING OUT OF WISCONSIN ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES AWAY FROM THE AREA. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-031400- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080503T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 357 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 9 AM. THE WIND ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIVING OUT OF WISCONSIN ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES AWAY FROM THE AREA. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 36 min |
| May 1, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| May 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 49 min |
| May 1, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 27 min |
| May 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 52 min |
Nearby
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.