Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2008
Wind Chill Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 14, 2008, 3:30 PM CST for 10 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 14, 2008, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2008, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2008, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 142130 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 330 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY FOR PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DROP OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE WIND CHILL READINGS WILL MODERATE TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW AFTER 10 AM CST. MNZ042>045-049>053-061-WIZ014>016-150530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.080215T0300Z-080215T1400Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-ANOKA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 330 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DROP OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE WIND CHILL READINGS WILL MODERATE TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW AFTER 10 AM CST. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 150351 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 951 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY FOR PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DROP OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE WIND CHILL READINGS WILL MODERATE TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW AFTER 10 AM CST. MNZ042>045-049>053-061-WIZ014>016-151200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080215T1400Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-ANOKA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 951 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DROP OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE WIND CHILL READINGS WILL MODERATE TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW AFTER 10 AM CST. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 151002 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 402 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...LOW WIND CHILLS IN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND ALONG THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FURTHER WEST OF THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 10 MPH COMBINED WITH ARCTIC AIR WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOME COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND CHILLS NEAR THIS MAGNITUDE ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH 8 AM. AFTER THAT TIME...DECREASING WIND SPEEDS AND GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL HELP TO ELEVATE THE WIND CHILLS ABOVE DANGEROUS LEVELS. 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. MNZ042>044-049>051-061-151115- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080215T1400Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...BLAINE 402 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN SPEED TO WELL UNDER 10 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING WERE 29 BELOW AT STAPLES AND 27 BELOW AT ST CLOUD...BOTH AT MIDNIGHT. $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-151400- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080215T1400Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 402 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 10 MPH COMBINED WITH ARCTIC AIR WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOME COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND CHILLS NEAR THIS MAGNITUDE ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH 8 AM. AFTER THAT TIME...DECREASING WIND SPEEDS AND GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL HELP TO ELEVATE THE WIND CHILLS ABOVE DANGEROUS LEVELS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
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.