Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2011
Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 22, 2011, 9:37 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2011, 9:37 PM CST (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737 WWUS43 KMPX 230337 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 937 PM CST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 20 TO 25 BELOW RANGE OVERNIGHT...AND WIND SPEEDS REMAINING BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MID MORNING. THE ADVISORY AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO ALEXANDRIA UNTIL 9 AM. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OVERNIGHT WHEN THE WIND SPEEDS DECREASE TO LESS THAN 5 MPH AS A SURFACE RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. HOWEVER...ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS RIDGE...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK AND CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO FALL INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-231145- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.110123T0337Z-110123T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 937 PM CST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 9 AM. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
675 WWUS43 KMPX 230902 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 302 AM CST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...LOW WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING... .THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON TODAY. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...APPLETON...MADISON...AND MONTEVIDEO. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW HAVE BEEN OBSERVED EARLY THIS MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES. THE COMBINATION OF SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THAT AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES RISE FURTHER BY AFTERNOON...THE WIND CHILLS WILL REPRIEVE. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-231715- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110123T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 302 AM CST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH 9 AM. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
212 WWUS43 KMPX 231730 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1130 AM CST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...LOW WIND CHILLS IMPROVING... .WIND CHILLS OF NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING...BUT CONDITIONS WERE IMPROVING AS TEMPERATURES MODERATE. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON...BUT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-231830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110123T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1130 AM CST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$
Nearby
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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.