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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 10, 20097 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 10, 2009, 12:07 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2009, 12:07 AM CST (06:07 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 551 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 550 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KMPX 100607
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1207 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO
NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FROM AROUND ST JAMES...TO
MANKATO AND OWATONNA. THE STRONG WINDS ARE DUE TO A DEEP LOW
PRESSURE AREA LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST...TOWARD WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

MNZ082>085-091>093-101415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.090210T0607Z-090210T1800Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1207 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS73 KMPX 101145
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
545 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...

.SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FROM AROUND ST JAMES...TO MANKATO AND
OWATONNA. THE STRONG WINDS ARE DUE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA
LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST FROM WEST CENTRAL ACROSS NORTHERN
MINNESOTA TODAY.

MNZ082>085-091>093-101800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090210T1800Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
545 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FROM AROUND ST JAMES...TO MANKATO AND
OWATONNA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

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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.