Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 9:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 14 days |
| Sep 23, 9:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 13 days |
| Sep 24, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 12 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 11 days |
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.