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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 201016 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 3, 2010, 2:53 AM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 3, 2010, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2010, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 3, 2010, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 3, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

307 
WWUS73 KMPX 030753
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
253 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL 
   TODAY...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TODAY. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 800 AM UNTIL 500
PM THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
TODAY. SOME MAJOR CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE
MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT
AND ALBERT LEA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO UNDER 15 MPH THIS EVENING.


MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-031700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.100903T1300Z-100903T2200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
253 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE
  DAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
  TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 11:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXRedwood47 hr
Sep 3, 11:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet32 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.