Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2011, 6:13 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2011, 6:13 AM CDT (11:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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.
166 WWUS73 KMPX 151113 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 613 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...STRONG EAST WINDS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER KANSAS WILL TRACK EAST...NORTHEAST TOWARD NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY BRINGING STRONG EAST WINDS TO THE AREA. EXPECT WINDS SPEEDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-151915- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.110415T1113Z-110416T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 613 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...INCREASING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
254 WWUS73 KMPX 151502 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1002 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...STRONG EAST WINDS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER KANSAS WILL TRACK EAST...NORTHEAST TOWARD NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING STRONG EAST WINDS TO THE AREA. EXPECT WINDS SPEEDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. WIZ024>028-152315- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1002 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...INCREASING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-152315- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1002 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...INCREASING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
485 WWUS73 KMPX 152232 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 532 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING... .EASTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT WHILE BECOMING NORTHERLY. MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ024>028-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 532 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 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.