Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2011, 3:15 AM CST for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 15, 2011, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2011, 3:15 AM CST (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2011, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift 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 09:20 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, 9.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
632 WWUS73 KMPX 150915 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST. PETER TO OWATONNA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT BY LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-151715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0016.111115T1700Z-111115T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 315 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING FROM MORRIS THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS...AND THEN SPREADING TO OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
849 WWUS73 KMPX 151808 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1208 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST. PETER TO OWATONNA. STRONG WEST WINDS BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-152300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111115T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1208 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS FROM MORRIS THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS... SPREADING TO THE OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA AREAS. * WINDS...WEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
011 WWUS73 KMPX 152053 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 253 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY IS WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO ST. PETER TO OWATONNA. STRONG WEST WINDS BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SPREAD FARTHER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH A PART OF THE EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH. MNZ041-048-057-160000- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR 253 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST...NORTHWEST NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-160000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 253 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS SPREADING FROM WEST CENTRAL...INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
974 WWUS73 KMPX 160003 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 603 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINDS DECREASING... .WEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-160115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 603 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
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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.