Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2010, 3:52 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 13, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2010, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
865 WWUS73 KMPX 130852 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...GENERALLY FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS...AND POINTS WESTWARD. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE DAKOTAS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...AND MONTEVIDEO. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES THE PORTION OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR NEAR ALEXANDRIA. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-131700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.100413T1700Z-100414T0500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 352 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NEAR ALEXANDRIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MDB/LS
2 follow-up statements
630 WWUS73 KMPX 131635 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1135 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...GENERALLY FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS...AND POINTS WESTWARD. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE DAKOTAS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...AND MONTEVIDEO. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES THE PORTION OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR NEAR ALEXANDRIA. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-140415- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.100413T1700Z-100414T0500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1135 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...WIND CONTINUING TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NEAR ALEXANDRIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
708 WWUS73 KMPX 140122 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 822 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...GENERALLY FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS...AND POINTS WESTWARD. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE DAKOTAS. WHILE THE GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS DURING THE AFTERNOON...THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL STILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO POTENTIALLY CAUSE PROBLEMS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...GLENWOOD... MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...AND MORRIS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES THE PORTION OF INTERSTATE 94 NEAR ALEXANDRIA. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-140500- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T0500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 822 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CONTINUING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NEAR ALEXANDRIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 61 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.