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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2011, 3:00 PM CST for 11 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 26, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2011, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2011, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
863 WWUS73 KMPX 252100 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY NORTHEAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE... WITH DECREASING WINDS TOWARD THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT... WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE BETWEEN 2 AM AND 11 AM. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-260500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.111226T0600Z-111226T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES 300 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING... WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND BE STRONGEST FROM 4 AM THROUGH 10 AM. * WINDS... SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS... UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS... AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION... HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
304 WWUS73 KMPX 260317 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 917 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY NORTHEAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE...WITH DECREASING WINDS TOWARD THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE BETWEEN 2 AM AND 11 AM. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.111226T0600Z-111226T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES 917 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND BE STRONGEST FROM 4 AM THROUGH 10 AM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
422 WWUS73 KMPX 260913 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 313 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .SOUTHWEST HAVE BEEN GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FURTHER BY SUNRISE. DURING THE MORNING HOURS THE AREA AFFECTED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL EXPAND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND NOON IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND IN THE MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH. MNZ083>085-092-093-261715- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.111226T1600Z-111226T2000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 313 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND BE STRONGEST FROM 10 AM THROUGH 2 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. 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. && $$ MNZ091-261715- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111226T1800Z/ MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FAIRMONT 313 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY BY DAYBREAK AND BE STRONGEST FROM 6 AM THROUGH NOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-074-082-261715- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111226T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES 313 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER BEFORE DAYBREAK AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL AROUND NOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. 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. && $$
899 WWUS73 KMPX 261522 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 922 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WERE COMMON OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATER THIS MORNING...AND OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ083>085-092-093-262000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.111226T1600Z-111226T2000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 922 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-261800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111226T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 922 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH UNDER 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. 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. && $$
608 WWUS73 KMPX 261807 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1207 PM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH UNDER 25 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-261915- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111226T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1207 PM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SOME GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-262000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111226T2000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1207 PM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THE WINDS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE SNAPPED. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. 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. && $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 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.