Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 26, 2009, 2:37 PM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 27, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2009, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 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 261937 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 237 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO OLIVIA TO ST. PETER TO OWATONNA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-270345- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.090927T1800Z-090928T0200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 237 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO OLIVIA TO ST PETER TO OWATONNA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 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. && $$ RAH/MTF
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 270336 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1036 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO OLIVIA TO ST. PETER TO OWATONNA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE STRONGER WINDS MAY NOT REACH AREAS NEAR MANKATO...OWATONNA...AND ALBERT LEA UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-271145- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.090927T1800Z-090928T0200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1036 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE STRONGER WINDS MAY NOT REACH AREAS NEAR MANKATO...OWATONNA...AND ALBERT LEA UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 271048 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 548 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO OLIVIA... TO ST. PETER AND OWATONNA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE MADISON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA... GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO... WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING... BRINGING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGER WINDS MAY NOT REACH MANKATO...OWATONNA...AND ALBERT LEA UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-271800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.090927T1800Z-090928T0200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 548 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND IT SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ARRIVE WITH THE FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THE STRONGER WINDS MAY NOT REACH MANKATO...OWATONNA...AND ALBERT LEA UNTIL AT LEAST 3 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR POSSIBLY GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TDK
000 WWUS73 KMPX 271800 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 100 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO OLIVIA...TO ST. PETER AND OWATONNA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE MADISON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. NORTHWEST WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH... WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST FROM THE MADISON AND CANBY AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO THE FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA AREAS BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THIS EVENING BUT IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT AND ON MONDAY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-280200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 100 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THIS EVENING BUT IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT AND ON MONDAY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR POSSIBLY GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
000 WWUS73 KMPX 280152 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 852 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...STRONG WINDS DECREASING... .THE SURGE OF STRONGER WINDS HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA BUT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IT IS LIKELY THAT WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-280300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 852 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE SURGE OF STRONGER WINDS HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA BUT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IT IS LIKELY THAT WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. $$
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.