Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2010, 2:35 AM CDT for 35 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 1, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2010, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 35 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin 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, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 115 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
139 WWUS73 KMPX 010735 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 235 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CANADA WILL WOBBLE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA...BEFORE LIFTING WELL OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...CAMBRIDGE TO NEAR RED WING EFFECTIVE FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO UNDER 10 MILES AN HOUR LATER THIS EVENING. MNZ047>051-054>063-065>070-076>078-011545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.100501T1500Z-100501T2300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 235 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY PERSON DRIVING 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. && $$ MNZ064-073>075-082>085-091>093-011545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.100501T1500Z-100501T2300Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 235 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY PERSON DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
905 WWUS73 KMPX 011535 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1035 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER THIS REGION BEFORE EJECTING OUT INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO BY SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO CAMBRIDGE TO NEAR RED WING...EFFECTIVE FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO UNDER 10 MILES MPH...BY 10 PM THIS EVENING...ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. MNZ047>051-054>063-065>070-076>078-012300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100501T2300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1035 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...LIKE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS...PANEL TRUCKS...AND LARGE UTILITY 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. && $$ MNZ064-073>075-082>085-091>093-012300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100501T2300Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1035 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...LIKE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS...PANEL TRUCKS...AND LARGE UTILITY VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZ
890 WWUS73 KMPX 012054 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION...CREATING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS OBSERVED TODAY INCLUDE 47 MPH AT ST. PAUL...AND 41 MPH AT ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...AND MINNEAPOLIS. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO NEAR RED WING...UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH GRADUALLY THIS EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...WHILE GUSTS WILL DWINDLE FAIRLY QUICKLY. MNZ047>051-054>063-065>070-076>078-020000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100502T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 354 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...LIKE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS... PANEL TRUCKS...AND LARGE UTILITY 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. && $$ MNZ064-073>075-082>085-091>093-020000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100502T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 354 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...LIKE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS... PANEL TRUCKS...AND LARGE UTILITY VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 45 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010
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.