Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2008, 2:41 AM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 42 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2008, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 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, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 060741 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 241 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...AS THE DEEP LOW PRESSURES SYSTEM OVER SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA MOVES NORTHEAST. WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE ADVISORY WILL NEED TO BE EXPANDED OVER A LARGER AREA LATER THIS MORNING. MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-061545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.080606T0741Z-080606T2300Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 241 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT AND TODAY. WINDS SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH A GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. 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
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 060854 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTH DAKOTA THAT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST. MNZ041>045-047>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-061700- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080606T2300Z/ 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-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 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...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 354 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS TODAY FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 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. $$ MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-061700- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080606T2300Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 354 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS TODAY FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 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
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:27 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more | 3 hr |
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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.