Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 13, 2009, 3:26 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 13, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2009, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 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, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 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 130826 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 326 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD...TO BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADIAN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS OVERNIGHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY DECREASING. 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. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-131700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.090513T2000Z-090514T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 326 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD TO BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADIAN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 131535 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1035 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD... TO BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. WEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS OVERNIGHT... WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY DECREASING. 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. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-140100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.090513T2000Z-090514T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1035 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD TO BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. WEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 132351 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 651 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD... TO BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING WHEN SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS OVERNIGHT... WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY DECREASING INTO THURSDAY 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. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-140300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090514T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 651 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD TO BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING WHEN SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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.