Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2009, 3:42 AM CDT for 26 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 22, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2009, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 220842 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 342 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED EAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND MANKATO...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BEING CAUSED BY A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-221645- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.090322T2100Z-090323T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 342 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BEING CAUSED BY A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 221606 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1106 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE LATER PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED EAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND MANKATO...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BETWEEN A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-230015- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.090322T2100Z-090323T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1106 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE LATER PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BETWEEN A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 222116 CCA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 415 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE LATER PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND MANKATO...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BETWEEN A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-230530- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090323T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 415 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE LATER PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BETWEEN A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 222238 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 538 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHERE A FEW GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE BEING GENERATED BY AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM...WILLMAR AND ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-230600- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090323T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 538 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHERE A FEW GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLT
000 WWUS73 KMPX 230506 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1206 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHERE A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE BEING GENERATED BY AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR LONG PRAIRIE...HUTCHINSON AND ALBERT LEA. MNZ042-049-058-066-067-076-077-084-085-093-230900- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090323T0900Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA 1206 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHERE A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-230900- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090323T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1206 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHERE A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope and 6 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 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.