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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 1, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303 WWUS73 KMPX 010847 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 347 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WINDY AGAIN TODAY... .WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND RANGE FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. EXPECT THE WINDS TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE DEEP LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST TO THE NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-011700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.110501T0900Z-110501T2200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 347 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
944 WWUS73 KMPX 011547 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1047 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WINDY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE CAUSED BY A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH IS LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS ONTARIO. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-012200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110501T2200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1047 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS DECREASING LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.