Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 3, 2010, 9:13 AM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 3, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2010, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 22 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa 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, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
260 WWUS73 KMPX 031413 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 913 AM CDT WED NOV 3 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY AREA IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON TO OWATONNA TO ALBERT LEA. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 35 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. MNZ047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-032215- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.101103T1800Z-101104T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 913 AM CDT WED NOV 3 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING THIS AFTERNOON 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. && $$ RAH
1 follow-up statement
824 WWUS73 KMPX 031722 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1222 PM CDT WED NOV 3 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY AREA IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON TO OWATONNA TO ALBERT LEA. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...ALONG WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...SO EXERCISE CAUTION. MNZ047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-040000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.101103T1800Z-101104T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1222 PM CDT WED NOV 3 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
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.