Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2008
Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 14, 2008, 4:11 AM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2008, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 141011 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 411 AM CST MON JAN 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 AM THIS MORNING FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 900 AM THIS MORNING. THE ADVISORY WAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES...TO GLENWOOD TO GRANITE FALLS. TEMPERATURES HAD DROPPED TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. WINDS WERE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF THESE COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL INDICES 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING. WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-141500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.080114T1011Z-080114T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 411 AM CST MON JAN 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 900 AM THIS MORNING. THE ADVISORY WAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES...TO GLENWOOD TO GRANITE FALLS. TEMPERATURES HAD DROPPED TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. WINDS WERE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF THESE COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL INDICES 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING. WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 9:41 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 2 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.