Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2010, 3:04 AM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 5, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2010, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 23 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue 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, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
407 WWUS73 KMPX 050804 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 304 AM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO OLIVIA...TO OWATONNA. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS QUICKLY GETTING UP INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH BY 9 AM ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THESE SUSTAINED WINDS...A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON...WITH MOST LOCATIONS FALLING BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL SPEEDS BY 4 PM. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-051615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.100505T1400Z-100505T2100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 304 AM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO OLIVIA...TO OWATONNA. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 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 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
185 WWUS73 KMPX 051427 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 927 AM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO RED WING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON...WITH MOST LOCATIONS FALLING BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL SPEEDS PRIOR TO 5 PM. MNZ047-055-057-058-066-067-076>078-052100- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100505T2100Z/ STEVENS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING 927 AM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-052100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100505T2100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 927 AM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 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 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.