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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 1, 2011, 3:45 PM CST for 20 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 1, 2011, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2011, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison 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), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
680 WWUS43 KMPX 012145 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 345 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS DEVELOP... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM...BUT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LITTLE FALLS...TO GLENCOE...TO FAIRMONT LINE. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL STAY STRONG ENOUGH AND COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW TONIGHT INTO MID MORNING SUNDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS ACCORDINGLY. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-020545- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.110102T0300Z-110102T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 345 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING...BUT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-058-065-073-020545- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.110102T0300Z-110102T1500Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 345 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING...BUT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ044-045-050-012245- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T2200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 345 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING. $$ MNZ066-067-074-075-082-091-020545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.110102T0300Z-110102T1500Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 345 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ARE EXPECTED FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
861 WWUS43 KMPX 020034 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 634 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM ON SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO FAIRMONT. BRISK WINDS OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA. WIND CHILL VALUES THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS ACCORDINGLY. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-091-020845- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.110102T0300Z-110102T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 634 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ RAH
435 WWUS43 KMPX 020814 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 214 AM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...TO HUTCHINSON...TO FAIRMONT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES OF 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA. WIND CHILL VALUES THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS ACCORDINGLY. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-091-021500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110102T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 214 AM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN AT VERY COLD LEVELS THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
015 WWUS43 KMPX 021438 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 838 AM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WARM THIS MORNING... .THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RISE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-091-021545- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110102T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 838 AM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RISE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. $$
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Every wind chill 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.