Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2008, 10:30 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2008, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 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 121530 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1030 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO EARLY EVENING... .A SHARP CONTRAST IN PRESSURE IN ADVANCE OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS HELPING POWER A STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG AND NEAR THE WEST END OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THIS MONDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES CLOSER TO WESTERN MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-122330- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.080512T1530Z-080513T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1030 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SHARP CONTRAST IN PRESSURE IN ADVANCE OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS HELPING POWER A STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG AND NEAR THE WEST END OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THIS MONDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. WIND SPEEDS WILL DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING AS THE TROUGH TO OUR WEST APPROACHES WESTERN MINNESOTA. 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. $$
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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.