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Wind Chill Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 10, 2008, 10:52 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2008, 10:52 AM CST (16:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 16:52 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 12:00Z, 4.9 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
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 145 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 101652 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1052 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS GRADUALLY EASING THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WARNING WILL TRANSITION TO A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUED IN THE 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVER THE REGION AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. HOWEVER...THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THE WIND CHILLS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ARE STILL CRITICAL AND THOSE HEADING OUTDOORS NEED TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-102200- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.080210T1800Z-080210T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1052 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUED IN THE 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVER THE REGION AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. HOWEVER...THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A 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. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-110000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.080210T1800Z-080211T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1052 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUED IN THE 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVER THE REGION AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. HOWEVER...THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ RAH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 101927 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 127 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS GRADUALLY EASING THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO OVER THE REGION AS BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND BY THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ALLOWING IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. THE WIND CHILLS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ARE STILL CRITICAL AND THOSE HEADING OUTDOORS NEED TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-102200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080210T2200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 127 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO OVER THE REGION AS BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. THE WIND CHILLS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ARE STILL CRITICAL AND THOSE HEADING OUTDOORS NEED TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. A 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. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-110000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080211T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 127 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO OVER THE REGION AS BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE BY THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... ALLOWING IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. THE WIND CHILLS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ARE STILL CRITICAL AND THOSE HEADING OUTDOORS NEED TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 102348 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 548 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE INTO TONIGHT... .WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXPANDS OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN BETWEEN THE 15 AND 25 BELOW RANGE. EVEN THOUGH THE WINDS ARE DECREASING...ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE NEGATIVE DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO IN MANY COMMUNITIES BY MIDNIGHT SO CONTINUE TO DRESS WARMLY IF OUTSIDE FOR LONG DURATIONS. DURING THIS COLD AIR SURGE...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS OBSERVED ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA WERE 45 BELOW EARLY THIS MORNING IN LITTLE FALLS WHILE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN A 43 BELOW WAS RECORDED IN LADYSMITH ALSO EARLY THIS MORNING. MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-110100- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080211T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 548 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXPANDS OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN BETWEEN THE 15 AND 25 BELOW RANGE. EVEN THOUGH THE WINDS ARE DECREASING...ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE NEGATIVE DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO IN MANY COMMUNITIES BY MIDNIGHT SO CONTINUE TO DRESS WARMLY IF OUTSIDE FOR LONG DURATIONS. DURING THIS COLD AIR SURGE...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS OBSERVED ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA WERE 45 BELOW EARLY THIS MORNING IN LITTLE FALLS WHILE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN A 43 BELOW WAS RECORDED IN LADYSMITH ALSO EARLY THIS MORNING. $$
Nearby
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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.