Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 3:29 PM CST for 15 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 17, 2011, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 9:54 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
814 WWUS73 KMPX 172129 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 329 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND LAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS AREA IS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO NEW ULM...TO ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. A VERY DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REPLACE THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND CAUSE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT TO FORM. THIS PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CAUSE WIND SPEEDS TO INCREASE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-180600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.110217T2200Z-110218T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 329 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ON NORTH...SOUTH HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
588 WWUS73 KMPX 180055 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 655 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD FROM WEST CENTRAL...INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS AREA IS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO NEW ULM...TO ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. A VERY DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ONTARIO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REPLACE THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND CAUSE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT TO FORM. THIS TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW THE STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-180900- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 655 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ON NORTH...SOUTH HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLT
432 WWUS73 KMPX 180354 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 954 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND SPEEDS DECREASING...BUT REMAINING STRONG... .ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN AVERAGING 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 35 MPH SINCE 7 PM...MOST OF THE WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-180500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 954 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND AVERAGE WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FURTHER OVERNIGHT. $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:36 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more | 17 hr |
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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.