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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 2, 2011, 3:56 PM CST for 15 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2011, 3:56 PM CST (21:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
711 WWUS43 KMPX 022156 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 356 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...ANOTHER COLD NIGHT EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO GAYLORD...TO LAKE CITY. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND SLOWLY INCREASING WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. DRESS WARM IF HEADING OUTDOORS THIS EVENING OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-030600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.110203T0000Z-110203T1400Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 356 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 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. && $$ FRANKS
2 follow-up statements
465 WWUS43 KMPX 030359 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 959 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...A COLD NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO GAYLORD...TO LAKE CITY. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND SLOWLY INCREASING WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. DRESS WARM IF HEADING OUTDOORS THIS EVENING OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-031200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110203T1400Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 959 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
586 WWUS43 KMPX 030941 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 341 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO GAYLORD...TO LAKE CITY. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK WIND SPEEDS THIS MORNING...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO THE 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. DRESS WARM IF HEADING OUTDOORS EARLY THIS MORNING. MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-031400- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110203T1400Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 341 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUE THROUGH 8 AM. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 BELOW TO 30 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
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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.