Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2011, 4:16 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 11, 2011, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2011, 4:16 AM CST (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2011, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 45 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, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473 WWUS73 KMPX 111016 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 416 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...DENSE FOG THROUGH EARLY MORNING... ...BECOMING WINDY TONIGHT... .A DENSE FOG ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING PART OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATES 94...494...AND 694. ALSO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOW ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE AREA DURING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE CONTINUES ACROSS FAR EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK...PRIMARILY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT TIMES...THE FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OR LESS. BECAUSE OF TEMPERATURES BEING BELOW FREEZING...THE FOG MAY LEAD TO ICING ON SOME ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY ELEVATED ONES. BY 7 TO 9 AM...RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN THE VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEEDS DRAMATICALLY DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ077-085-093-111830- /O.CAN.KMPX.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110311T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ RICE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 416 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023-024-111830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110311T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 416 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY...AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE IN PLACES EARLY THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME ICING ON ROADWAYS UNDER THE DENSE FOG. * WIND TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND SPEEDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-111830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0300Z-110312T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 416 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>062-066>069-075-076-083-084-092-WIZ014-111830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- FARIBAULT-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... MANKATO...WASECA...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 416 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WIZ025>028-111500- /O.EXA.KMPX.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110311T1500Z/ DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 416 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY...UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE...AT TIMES UNDER A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME ICING ON ROADWAYS UNDERNEATH THE DENSE FOG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$
7 follow-up statements
431 WWUS73 KMPX 111146 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 546 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...DENSE FOG THROUGH EARLY MORNING... ...BECOMING WINDY TONIGHT... .A DENSE FOG ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING FOR FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN...WHICH INCLUDES MENOMONIE...EAU CLAIRE AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 94. ALSO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOW ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE AREA DURING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE CONTINUES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK...PRIMARILY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT TIMES...THE FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OR LESS. BECAUSE OF TEMPERATURES BEING BELOW FREEZING...THE FOG MAY LEAD TO ICING ON SOME ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY ELEVATED ONES. BY 7 TO 9 AM... RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN THE VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEEDS DRAMATICALLY DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023-024-112000- /O.CAN.KMPX.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110311T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 546 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * WIND TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND SPEEDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. 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. && $$ WIZ025>028-111500- /O.CON.KMPX.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110311T1500Z/ DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 546 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY...UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE...AT TIMES UNDER A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME ICING ON ROADWAYS UNDERNEATH THE DENSE FOG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-112000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0300Z-110312T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 546 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>062-066>069-075>077-083>085-092-093-WIZ014-112000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 546 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. 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. && $$
907 WWUS73 KMPX 111537 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 937 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEEDS DRAMATICALLY DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-112345- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0300Z-110312T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 937 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014-023-024- 112345- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ 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- ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 937 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASINGLY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. 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. && $$
177 WWUS73 KMPX 112046 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 246 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND SPEEDS INCREASING RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST...NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SPREADING EASTWARD THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH THE REGION BY LATE THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-120500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110311T2100Z-110312T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 246 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH LIKELY BY 5 PM...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014-023-024- 120500- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ 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- ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 246 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASING RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST...NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. 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. && $$ JLT
924 WWUS73 KMPX 120220 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 820 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS SPREADING EAST TONIGHT... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WIND ADVISORY COVERS FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AS WELL. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING HAS BROUGHT STRONG WEST WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 30 MPH...INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON TO THE WEST OF MONTEVIDEO. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-121030- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 820 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014-023-024- 121030- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ 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- ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 820 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT FROM THE WEST... AND THEN NORTHWEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. 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. && $$ RAH
312 WWUS73 KMPX 120313 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 913 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS SPREADING EAST TONIGHT... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WIND ADVISORY COVERS FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AS WELL. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING HAS BROUGHT STRONG WEST WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 35 MPH...INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MONTEVIDEO ON WESTWARD. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW... PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ051>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-121115- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0313Z-110312T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 913 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. 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>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-121115- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 913 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ WIZ014-023-024-121115- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 913 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM THE WEST. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
515 WWUS73 KMPX 121017 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 417 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AS WELL AS ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW RICHMOND...AND INTERSTATE 35 AND 94. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE...WHICH WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING SNOW... PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041-042-047>049-121800- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.110312T1400Z-110312T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD 417 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 417 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
308 WWUS73 KMPX 121405 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 805 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AS WELL AS ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW RICHMOND...ST. CLOUD...ALEXANDRIA AND INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE...WHICH WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ043>045-050-121800- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 805 AM CST SAT MAR 12 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 REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN VERY ICY ROAD CONDITION THROUGH THE MORNING. 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024- 121800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 805 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN VERY ICY ROAD CONDITION THROUGH THE MORNING.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 12:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Dakota, Freeborn, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Washington | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Lac qui Parle, Mille Lacs and 7 more | 28 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.