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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2011, 3:01 AM CST for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 18, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2011, 3:01 AM CST (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2011, 10:33 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398 WWUS73 KMPX 180901 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 301 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 8 AM CST THIS MORNING UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A TURTLE LAKE TO DURAND WISCONSIN LINE. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS LAKE HURON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE LOW TRACKS FARTHER EAST INTO QUEBEC. WIZ015-016-025>028-181715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.110218T1400Z-110218T2100Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 301 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING TODAY...AND BECOMING STRONGEST BETWEEN 8 AM CST AND 3 PM CST. * WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH * IMPACTS...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING NORTH OR SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
592 WWUS73 KMPX 181633 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1033 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...STRONG WINDS DECREASING BUT STILL BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED LATE THIS MORNING AND ARE NOW BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIZ015-016-025>028-181745- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T2100Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1033 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. $$ FRANKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 24 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.