Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jun 28, 2008, 3:22 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 28, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2008, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:22 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, 8.4 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 280822 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT...WHERE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-281630- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.080628T1500Z-080629T0000Z/ 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 322 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 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. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT...WHERE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH 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. $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 281600 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1100 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-290000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080629T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1100 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RAH
000 WWUS73 KMPX 282225 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE BETWEEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-290300- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080629T0300Z/ 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 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 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. THE ADVISORY IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE BETWEEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. 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. $$ TRH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 29 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.