Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2009, 4:41 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2009, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 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 230941 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 441 AM CDT MON MAR 23 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 FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION HAS EXPIRED. ..SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE ENCOUNTERED TODAY...ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA INVOLVED IS MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE... FROM WOOD LAKE TO REDWOOD FALLS TO LAFAYETTE TO MEDFORD. 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. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL ...AND ANTICIPATE HIGHER GUSTS AFTER PASSING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD EXPECT HIGHER GUSTS CLOSE TO BUILDINGS DUE TO THE VENTURI EFFECT. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-231745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.090323T0941Z-090324T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 441 AM CDT MON MAR 23 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. THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION HAS EXPIRED. ..SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE ENCOUNTERED TODAY...ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA INVOLVED IS MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE... FROM WOOD LAKE TO REDWOOD FALLS TO LAFAYETTE TO MEDFORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL...AND ANTICIPATE HIGHER GUSTS AFTER PASSING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD EXPECT HIGHER GUSTS CLOSE TO BUILDINGS DUE TO THE VENTURI EFFECT. && $$ AZ
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 231806 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 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 FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ..SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE ENCOUNTERED TODAY...ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA INVOLVED IS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE... REDWOOD FALLS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. THE STRONG WIND WAS DUE TO LOW PRESSURE IN NEBRASKA. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING. 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. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL ... AND ANTICIPATE HIGHER GUSTS AFTER PASSING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-240000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ..SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE ENCOUNTERED TODAY...ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA INVOLVED IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE... FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL...AND ANTICIPATE HIGHER GUSTS AFTER PASSING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 10:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 9 days |
| Mar 22, 11:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 12 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Pope and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 9 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 29 days |
| Mar 23, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 21 days |
| Mar 23, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 26 days |
| Mar 23, 12:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 10 days |
| Mar 23, 1:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 16 days |
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.