Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2011, 4:09 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2011, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825 WWUS73 KMPX 290909 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 409 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON... .SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WANE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH...AND GUSTS TO ONLY 20 MPH...PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. MNZ054-064-073-291715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.110429T1800Z-110430T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 409 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...INCREASING NOTICEABLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUIING UNTIL 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES LIKE SEMI AND PANEL TRUCKS. 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. && $$ AZ
2 follow-up statements
680 WWUS73 KMPX 291619 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1119 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDS HAVE INCREASED LATE THIS MORNING AND ARE COMMONLY GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME EVEN SLIGHTLY STRONGER THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WANE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH...AND GUSTS TO ONLY 20 MPH...PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. MNZ054-064-073-300000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.110429T1800Z-110430T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 1119 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...INCREASING NOTICEABLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES LIKE SEMI AND PANEL TRUCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
083 WWUS73 KMPX 291916 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 216 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO MONTEVIDEO TO REDWOOD FALLS. SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE DAKOTAS. MNZ047-055-056-300000- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110430T0000Z/ STEVENS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO 216 PM CDT FRI APR 29 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...NOW THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES LIKE SEMI AND PANEL TRUCKS. 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. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-300000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110430T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 216 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH UNTIL 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES LIKE SEMI AND PANEL TRUCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
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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.