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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 28, 201142 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 28, 2011, 2:52 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 29, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2011, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 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, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 12:00Z on 2011-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 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.

815 
WWUS73 KMPX 281952
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
252 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS ARRIVING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...
WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS ARRIVING IN ITS WAKE.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP IN THE
MORNING... THEN PICKUP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... WITH A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO QUIET DOWN DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

MNZ044-045-050>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-
WIZ014>016-023>028-290400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.110929T1500Z-110930T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
252 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY MID MORNING... THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH
  WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... AND A FEW ABOVE 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND... AND SMALL OR
  WEAK BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN IN THE WIND. LIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
756 
WWUS73 KMPX 290318
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1018 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS ARRIVING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...
WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS ARRIVING IN ITS WAKE.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP IN THE
MORNING... THEN PICKUP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... WITH A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO QUIET DOWN DURING THE EVENING
HOURS.

MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-291200-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.110929T1500Z-110930T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
1018 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY 10 AM THURSDAY...THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY 2 PM THURSDAY. A FEW GUSTS ABOVE
  45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY
  EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... AND A FEW ABOVE 
  45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND...AND SMALL OR
  WEAK BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN IN THE WIND. LIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ044-045-050>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-
WIZ014>016-023>028-291200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.110929T1500Z-110930T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1018 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY 10 AM THURSDAY... THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY 2 PM THURSDAY. A FEW GUSTS ABOVE
  45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY
  EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... AND A FEW ABOVE 
  45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND... AND SMALL OR 
  WEAK BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN IN THE WIND. LIGHT AND HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$
864 
WWUS73 KMPX 291106
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
606 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS ARRIVING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...

.A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
BE USHERING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR TODAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING...
THEN PICKUP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GUST
TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO QUIET DOWN DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
291915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.110929T1500Z-110930T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-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-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...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...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
606 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY 10 AM...THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY 12 PM THURSDAY. A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH
  WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING
  HOURS.

* WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND A FEW ABOVE 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND...AND SMALL OR 
  WEAK BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN IN THE WIND. LIGHT AND HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$
529 
WWUS73 KMPX 291646
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1146 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS CENTERED ACROSS LAKE
SUPERIOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO USHER IN COOLER
TEMPERATURES...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS IN FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH. UNDER THE CLOUD COVER...THE WINDS WILL NOT BE AS
STRONG...BUT A FEW STRONGER GUSTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
300000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-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-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...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...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1146 AM CDT THU SEP 29 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...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
  A FEW GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHOWERS
  ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND...AND SMALL OR 
  WEAK BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN IN THE WIND. LIGHT AND HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$

JLT
651 
WWUS73 KMPX 292348
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
648 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...WIND SPEEDS CONTINUING TO DECREASE...

.NORTHWEST WINDS...WHICH GUSTED BETWEEN 40 AND 56 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
INTO TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE EVOLVES EASTWARD OVER MICHIGAN. A FEW
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

SOME OF THE HIGHEST GUSTS TODAY INCLUDED 53 MPH AT THE MINNEAPOLIS
ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...49 MPH IN FAIRMONT AND 
MENOMONIE...AND 56 MPH AT HANLEY FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.


MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
300100-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-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-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...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...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
648 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS...WHICH GUSTED BETWEEN 40 AND 56 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
INTO TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE EVOLVES EASTWARD OVER MICHIGAN. A FEW
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

$$

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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.