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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 47 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 32 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.