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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 24, 201022 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 24, 2010, 4:24 AM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2010, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 22 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 2010-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 959 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 2010-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

133 
WWUS73 KMPX 240924
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
424 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010

...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA THROUGH 1 PM TODAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. THE STRONG WINDS ARE IN THE WAKE
OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH.

MNZ049>051-056>063-065>070-075>077-083-084-241730-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0011.100924T0924Z-100924T1800Z/
STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA
424 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON.  

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
  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
1 follow-up statement
056 
WWUS73 KMPX 241715
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1215 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010

...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE WIND ADVISORY THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 1 PM TODAY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

THE STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY
THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 PM. 

MNZ049>051-056>063-065>070-075>077-083-084-241815-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100924T1800Z/
STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA
1215 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE
  THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO
  30 MPH BY 3 PM. 

* 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 9:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington14 days
Sep 23, 9:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Washington13 days
Sep 24, 12:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXYellow Medicine12 hr
Sep 24, 11:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXCarver11 days

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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.