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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heat advisory at Jul 15, 2012, 3:41 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 16, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2012, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914 WWUS73 KMPX 150841 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 341 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EXPECTED FOR MONDAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY FROM 11AM CDT THROUGH 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN. ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING A PLUME OF HOT AIR ACROSS UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. EARLY MONDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF IN THE 70S...AND QUICKLY WARM DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP TO KEEP THE HUMIDITY LEVELS LOW...BUT THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105...AND AS A RESULT A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE REGION BEGINNING LATE MONDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 151645- /O.NEW.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.120716T1600Z-120717T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 341 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 ACROSS THE REGION. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIALLY RECORD SETTING HEAT WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...BE SURE TO REMAIN HYDRATED AND TAKE NECESSARY BREAKS. 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...LEADING TO 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. && $$ JRB
6 follow-up statements
746 WWUS73 KMPX 151647 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1147 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EXPECTED FOR MONDAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY FROM 11AM CDT THROUGH 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN. ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING A PLUME OF HOT AIR ACROSS UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. EARLY MONDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF IN THE 70S...AND QUICKLY WARM DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP TO KEEP THE HUMIDITY LEVELS LOW...BUT THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105...AND AS A RESULT A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE REGION BEGINNING LATE MONDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 160100- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.120716T1600Z-120717T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1147 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURE...ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 ACROSS THE REGION. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIALLY RECORD SETTING HEAT WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...BE SURE TO REMAIN HYDRATED AND TAKE NECESSARY BREAKS. 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...LEADING TO 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. && $$
841 WWUS73 KMPX 152011 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 311 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EXPECTED FOR MONDAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY FROM 11 AM CDT THROUGH 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN. ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING A PLUME OF HOT AIR ACROSS UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW BUT THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 160500- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.120716T1600Z-120717T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 311 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURE...ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 ACROSS THE REGION. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIALLY RECORD SETTING HEAT WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...BE SURE TO REMAIN HYDRATED AND TAKE NECESSARY BREAKS. 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...LEADING TO 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. && $$
107 WWUS73 KMPX 160000 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 700 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EXPECTED FOR MONDAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY FROM 11 AM CDT THROUGH 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN. ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING A PLUME OF HOT AIR ACROSS UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL NOT BE OVERLY OPPRESSIVE...BUT THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 160800- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.120716T1600Z-120717T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 700 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURE...ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 ACROSS THE REGION. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIALLY RECORD SETTING HEAT WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...BE SURE TO REMAIN HYDRATED AND TAKE NECESSARY BREAKS. 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...LEADING TO 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. && $$
029 WWUS73 KMPX 160617 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 117 AM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EXPECTED TODAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM 11 AM CDT THROUGH 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN. ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE REGION BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING AS SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING A PLUME OF HOT AIR ACROSS UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL NOT BE OVERLY OPPRESSIVE...BUT THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 161430- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.120716T1600Z-120717T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 117 AM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 ACROSS THE REGION. * IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIALLY RECORD SETTING HEAT WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...BE SURE TO REMAIN HYDRATED AND TAKE NECESSARY BREAKS. 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...LEADING TO 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. && $$ JRB
352 WWUS73 KMPX 161541 AAA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN...UPDATED ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1041 AM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...HOT AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSIST TODAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT THROUGH 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN MOST LOCATIONS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING A PLUME OF HOT AIR ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHILE HUMIDITY LEVELS TODAY WILL NOT BE OVERLY OPPRESSIVE...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 162345- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.120716T1600Z-120717T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1041 AM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 96 TO 102. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT. * HEAT INDICES...APPARENT TEMPERATURE VALUES FROM FROM 100 TO 105 CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ROUGHLY NOON TO 8 PM. * IMPACTS...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS FOR PEOPLE AND PETS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...BE SURE TO REMAIN HYDRATED AND TAKE NECESSARY BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT HOT TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE AN ENHANCED RISK OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES TODAY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE. STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND PETS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR MUST SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. 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. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT IS AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY SITUATION. THEY SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION AT ONCE AND SUMMON MEDICAL HELP BY CALLING 9 1 1. && $$ MILLER
621 WWUS73 KMPX 162055 AAB NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN...UPDATED ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 355 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...HOT AND BREEZY CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 170200- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120717T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 355 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 94 TO 101 DEGREE RANGE THROUGH 8 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT. * HEAT INDICES...APPARENT TEMPERATURE VALUES FROM FROM 98 TO 104 CAN BE EXPECTED ROUGHLY THROUGH 8 PM. * IMPACTS...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS FOR PEOPLE AND PETS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE... BE SURE TO REMAIN HYDRATED AND TAKE NECESSARY BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT HOT TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE AN ENHANCED RISK OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES TODAY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE. STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND PETS... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR MUST SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. 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. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT IS AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY SITUATION. THEY SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION AT ONCE AND SUMMON MEDICAL HELP BY CALLING 9 1 1. && $$ MILLER
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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.