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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 28, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 28, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 28, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 13:17 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, 1.2 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 281314 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 814 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 282115- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.090928T1400Z-090929T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 814 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 281827 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 127 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNSET... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL REMAIN THE CASE UNTIL NEAR SUNSET. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 290000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...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 CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
000 WWUS73 KMPX 281949 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 249 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNSET... ...WIDESPREAD FROST LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL REMAIN THE CASE UNTIL NEAR SUNSET. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WITH CLOUD COVER DIMINISHING AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHT. WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY FROM STAPLES AND ALEXANDRIA ON SOUTH THROUGH MORRIS...BENSON...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO AND CANBY. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-290400- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.090929T0800Z-090929T1300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T0000Z/ 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 249 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WITH CLOUD COVER DIMINISHING AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHT. WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY FROM STAPLES AND ALEXANDRIA ON SOUTH THROUGH MORRIS...BENSON...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO AND CANBY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-290000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 249 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH/MTF
000 WWUS73 KMPX 290005 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 705 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...WIDESPREAD FROST LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WITH CLOUD COVER DIMINISHING AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHT. WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY FROM STAPLES AND ALEXANDRIA ON SOUTH THROUGH MORRIS... BENSON...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO AND CANBY. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-290815- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.090929T0800Z-090929T1300Z/ 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 705 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WITH CLOUD COVER DIMINISHING AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHT. WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY FROM STAPLES AND ALEXANDRIA ON SOUTH THROUGH MORRIS...BENSON...MADISON... MONTEVIDEO AND CANBY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-290115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 705 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2:49 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2009Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009
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.