Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2009, 3:16 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 12, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2009, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 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 120816 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM THAT WAS MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALTHOUGH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LIKELY REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING...WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-121630- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.090512T1600Z-090513T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 316 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 121610 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1110 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH WILLMAR TO BLUE EARTH. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. SOME DECREASE IN THE WIND SPEED WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...BUT IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH SOUTH WINDS BLOWING AT 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-130000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090513T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1110 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH WILLMAR TO BLUE EARTH. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. SOME DECREASE IN THE WIND SPEED WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...BUT IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH SOUTH WINDS BLOWING AT 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
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.