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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2010, 9:39 AM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 29, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2010, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
861 WWUS73 KMPX 291439 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING .A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 PM...FOR THE AREA LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR NEW ULM TO RED WING. SOME CITIES INCLUDED... ALBERT LEA...FARIMONT...WASECA...MANKATO...FARIBAULT AND RED WING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA. MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-292245- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.100429T1500Z-100429T2300Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 939 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS AND PEOPLE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. 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 29, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 52 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.