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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2010, 3:58 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 4, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2010, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096 WWUS73 KMPX 040858 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2010 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO MANKATO TO NEAR ALBERT LEA. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-041700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.100504T1800Z-100505T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 358 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 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. THE ADVISORY IS LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO MANKATO TO NEAR ALBERT LEA. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON 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 FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$ RAH
1 follow-up statement
599 WWUS73 KMPX 041556 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1056 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO MANKATO TO NEAR ALBERT LEA. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.100504T1800Z-100505T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 1056 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 31 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.