Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2010, 3:23 AM CDT for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 24, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2010, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
644 WWUS73 KMPX 240823 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 323 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES. IT WILL BE VERY HOT AND HUMID TODAY WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 90S. THE HEAT COUPLED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL GENERATE HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 90 EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO NEW ULM TO ALBERT LEA. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. MNZ060-062-241630- /O.NEW.KMPX.EH.W.0001.100524T1900Z-100525T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL 323 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...A RECORD HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S IS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DEW POINTS NEAR 70. THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN SLOWLY FALL TO AROUND 90 DURING THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-241630- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.100524T1900Z-100525T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 323 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO NEW ULM TO ALBERT LEA. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
680 WWUS73 KMPX 241812 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 112 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES. IT WILL BE VERY HOT AND HUMID TODAY WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 90S. THE HEAT COUPLED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL GENERATE HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MIDDLE 90S. THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 90 EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO NEW ULM TO ALBERT LEA. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. MNZ060-062-250200- /O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0001.100524T1900Z-100525T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL 112 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...A RECORD HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S IS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DEW POINTS NEAR 70. THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN SLOWLY FALL TO AROUND 90 DURING THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-250100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.100524T1900Z-100525T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 112 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
330 WWUS73 KMPX 241958 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 258 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES. IT WILL BE VERY HOT AND HUMID TODAY WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 90S. THE HEAT COUPLED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL GENERATE HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MIDDLE 90S. THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 90 EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO NEW ULM AND ALBERT LEA. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. MNZ060-062-250200- /O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100525T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL 258 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...A RECORD HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S IS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DEW POINTS NEAR 70. THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN SLOWLY FALL TO AROUND 90 DURING THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ MNZ047-048-055-250200- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100525T0200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 258 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-250200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100525T0200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 258 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 30 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. && $$
130 WWUS73 KMPX 250203 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 903 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT... ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT... .WINDS AND TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE DAKOTAS. MNZ060-062-250315- /O.EXP.KMPX.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100525T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL 903 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S WILL DECREASE INTO THE LOW 70S OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECLINE TONIGHT. $$ MNZ047-048-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-250315- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100525T0200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 903 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE...BUT REMAIN BREEZY...TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 37 min |
| May 23, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 42 min |
| May 24, 3:23 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 18 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.