Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 31, 2011, 3:40 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2011, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 46 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison 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, Barron County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 2145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943 WWUS73 KMPX 310840 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 340 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS ADJOINING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF MINNESOTA. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-311645- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.110531T1500Z-110601T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 340 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING AROUND 10 AM AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND NEAR 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 015-023-024-311645- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.110531T1800Z-110601T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT 340 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
551 WWUS73 KMPX 311615 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1115 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS ADJOINING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH EXPECTED...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF MINNESOTA. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-010000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110601T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1115 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS LASTING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND NEAR 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 015-023-024-010000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.110531T1800Z-110601T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT 1115 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUING AND LASTING INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
872 WWUS73 KMPX 312054 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS ADJOINING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH EXPECTED...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 AND 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF MINNESOTA. MNZ041>045-047>050-010300- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110601T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY 354 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS LASTING INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-015-023-024-010000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110601T0000Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 354 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS LASTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 AND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
793 WWUS73 KMPX 010143 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 843 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 PM. THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASING TREND TO THE STRONG WINDS SINCE 8PM. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR...AND DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF MINNESOTA. MNZ041>045-047>050-010300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110601T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY 843 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS LASTING INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 40 min |
| May 30, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 20 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 16 min |
| May 30, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 51 min |
| May 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 48 min |
| May 30, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 79 min |
| May 30, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 49 min |
| May 30, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 38 min |
| May 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 30 min |
| May 30, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 31 min |
| May 31, 10:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 70 hr |
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.