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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heat advisory at Jun 26, 2012, 2:21 PM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2012, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 25 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701 WWUS73 KMPX 261921 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 221 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID ON WEDNESDAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A MUCH WARMER AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 95 AND 105. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. MNZ060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-270330- /O.NEW.KMPX.HT.Y.0001.120627T1800Z-120628T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 221 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S BUT WITH THE HUMIDITY IT WILL FEEL LIKE 95 TO 105. * IMPACTS...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ CLF/JB
4 follow-up statements
462 WWUS73 KMPX 270245 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 945 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID ON WEDNESDAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT ON WEDNESDAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A MUCH WARMER AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. MNZ060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-271045- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0001.120627T1800Z-120628T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 945 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BUT WITH THE HUMIDITY IT WILL FEEL LIKE 100 TO 105 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ RAH
450 WWUS73 KMPX 270937 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 437 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...THE HEAT IS ON TODAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TODAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE AFTERNOON...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. MNZ060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-271745- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0001.120627T1800Z-120628T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 437 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 100 TO 110 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESS ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$
600 WWUS73 KMPX 271509 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1009 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TODAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS AFTERNOON...THE COMBINATION OF AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 70S WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. MNZ060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-272315- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0001.120627T1800Z-120628T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 1009 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 100 TO 110 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESS ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JRB
776 WWUS73 KMPX 272026 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 326 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE COMBINATION OF AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 70S WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. MNZ060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-280100- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120628T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 326 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 100 TO 110 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESS ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$
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.