Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 27, 2010, 3:10 PM CDT for 26 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2010, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn 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, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
442 WWUS73 KMPX 272010 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 310 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... .SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR. AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE SEEN WINDS DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...BUT NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS WHAT WAS OBSERVED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-280415- /O.CAN.KMPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.101027T2010Z-101028T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 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...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 310 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE OCCURRING...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. OPEN AREAS OR LOCATIONS OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER TERRAIN ARE VULNERABLE TO THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG COULD LEAD TO MINOR LIMB DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-272115- /O.CAN.KMPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 310 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE HIGH WINDS OBSERVED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING HAVE SUBSIDED AND A WARNING IS NO LONGER NEEDED. $$ FRANKS
1 follow-up statement
165 WWUS73 KMPX 280233 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 933 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY MORNING... .SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM OUR REGION OVERNIGHT...EXPECT THE WINDS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-280600- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101028T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 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...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 933 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE OCCURRING...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. OPEN AREAS OR LOCATIONS OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER TERRAIN ARE VULNERABLE TO THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG COULD LEAD TO MINOR TREE LIMB DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ JLT
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.