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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 6, 201031 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 6, 2010, 3:35 AM CDT for 31 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 6, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2010, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 6, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 7, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 31 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin 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, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-381 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

790 
WWUS73 KMPX 060835
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
335 AM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...VERY STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 3
PM ON TUESDAY FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS
TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. 

A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER NEBRASKA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN REACH LAKE SUPERIOR
ON TUESDAY. VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL
DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF
TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-061645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.100906T2300Z-100907T2000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
335 AM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE ADVISORY COVERS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA.

* TIMING...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING QUICKLY BETWEEN 6
  PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
  MUCH OF TUESDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO SOUTH
  ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.


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
049 
WWUS73 KMPX 061747
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1247 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...VERY STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH
3 PM ON TUESDAY FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS
TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA.

A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER NEBRASKA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN REACH LAKE SUPERIOR
ON TUESDAY. VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL
DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE
VERY STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF
TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED
OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATER IN THE
EVENING.

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-070200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.100906T2300Z-100907T2000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1247 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
CDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING QUICKLY BETWEEN 
  6 PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT 
  AND MUCH OF TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO 
  SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$
927 
WWUS73 KMPX 062022
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...VERY STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH
3 PM ON TUESDAY FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RED WING...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ALEXANDRIA.

A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON
WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN REACH LAKE
SUPERIOR ON TUESDAY. VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH
WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND
ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING.
FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IMMEDIATELY
BEHIND THE COLD...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH COMMON THROUGH THE REST OF
THE ADVISORY PERIOD.

MNZ041-048-049-058>060-066-068>070-077-078-070430-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.100907T0300Z-100907T2000Z/
DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
322 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING QUICKLY BETWEEN
  10 PM AND MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE
  NIGHT AND MUCH OF TUESDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO 
  SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-070430-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.100906T2300Z-100907T2000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
322 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING QUICKLY BETWEEN 
  6 PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT 
  AND MUCH OF TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO 
  SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$
604 
WWUS73 KMPX 070214
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
914 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...

.A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THROUGH 3 PM ON TUESDAY
FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM RED WING...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ALEXANDRIA.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY
EVENING...CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY. VERY STRONG WINDS HAVE ALREADY
DEVELOPED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
SINCE 6 PM. A FEW GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
AROUND FAIRMONT AND MANKATO AS OF 9 PM MONDAY EVENING. 

THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVERNIGHT AND
SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY. THESE VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY
BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND
SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AFTER 3 AM...AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NOON HOUR. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO
45 MPH COMMON THROUGH THE REST OF THE ADVISORY AREA.

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-071015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-100907T2000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
914 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  OVERNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO 
  SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ041-048-049-058>060-066-068>070-077-078-071015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.100907T0300Z-100907T2000Z/
DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
914 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY
  MIDNIGHT...AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MUCH OF
  TUESDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO 
  SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

JLT
971 
WWUS73 KMPX 070953
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
453 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON...

.A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO RED WING.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SLOWLY
MOVE EAST TODAY. IN RESPONSE...STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING
SINCE MONDAY EVENING. ANOTHER SURGE OF GUSTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH
THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS AS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WRAPS
AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST OF
THESE GUSTS WILL BE FAVORED ALONG AND NEAR BUFFALO RIDGE THIS
MORNING.

GUSTS OBSERVED ALREADY EARLY THIS MORNING INCLUDE 49 MPH AT
REDWOOD FALLS...AND 45 MPH AT CANBY AND NEW ULM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 



MNZ041-047>049-054>060-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-071800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-100907T2000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
453 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO 
  SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift75 min
Sep 6, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine59 min
Sep 6, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine45 min
Sep 6, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca57 min
Sep 6, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne80 min

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.