Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2011, 3:07 AM CST for 36 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 13, 2011, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2011, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 39 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin 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, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
395 WWUS73 KMPX 130907 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .WEST WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST AND SOUTH FROM WILLMAR TO HUTCHINSON TO ST. PETER TO FARIBAULT. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY REACHING THEIR PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-131715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.110213T2200Z-110214T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING DURING THE DAY REACHING THEIR PEAK THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
106 WWUS73 KMPX 131655 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1055 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS COMMENCES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .WEST WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST AND SOUTH FROM WILLMAR TO HUTCHINSON TO ST. PETER TO FARIBAULT. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-140100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.110213T2200Z-110214T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1055 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING DURING THE DAY REACHING THEIR PEAK THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
110 WWUS73 KMPX 132154 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL...WESTERN...AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .WEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER AND WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO GLENCOE...TO FARIBAULT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-140600- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.110213T2200Z-110214T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 354 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THIS EVENING...BECOMING STRONGEST BETWEEN 10 PM TONIGHT AND 4 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING NORTH OR SOUTH. 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. && $$
451 WWUS73 KMPX 132358 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 558 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .WEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 10 PM. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER AND WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES AND DURAND. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. MNZ051-059>063-068>070-078-WIZ023-024-026-140800- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110214T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 558 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THIS EVENING...BECOMING STRONGEST BETWEEN 8 PM TONIGHT AND 4 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING NORTH OR SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-140800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110214T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 558 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THIS EVENING...BECOMING STRONGEST BETWEEN 6 PM TONIGHT AND 4 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING NORTH OR SOUTH. 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. && $$
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
463 WWUS73 KMPX 141142 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 542 AM CST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WINDS RAPIDLY DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA... .NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE SHOWN A MARKED DECREASE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE DURING THE MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE IN THE DAKOTAS NUDGES INTO MINNESOTA. ALL WIND ADVISORIES WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM. MNZ041-042-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-141245- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110214T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 542 AM CST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS HAVE DECREASED MARKEDLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...A FEW GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL MID MORNING. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.