Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2010, 9:21 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 28, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2010, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 3149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163 WWUS73 KMPX 281421 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 921 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 PM... .A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...LINGERING INTO EARLY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-282230- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.100428T1800Z-100429T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 921 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 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 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
782 WWUS73 KMPX 282346 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 646 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 PM... .THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WERE HOUR WITH GUST TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. EXPECT WINDS TO DECREASE TO UNDER 25 MPH LATER THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-290100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100429T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 646 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Todd | 17 hr |
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.