Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 8:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
595 WWUS73 KMPX 272053 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION AND CAUSE EAST SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TO CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM CDT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...THROUGH NICOLLET...DOWN TO OWATONNA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AT TIMES COULD BLOW AROUND LOOSE ITEMS AND CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH/SOUTH ROADS. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-280300- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.120427T2100Z-120428T0300Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 353 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 10 PM CDT. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AT 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE TROUBLE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH/SOUTH ROADS. SMALL...LOOSE ITEMS MAY BLOW AROUND AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JRB
1 follow-up statement
127 WWUS73 KMPX 280131 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 831 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA... .THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA IS CANCELED. THE WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH EASTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-280245- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120428T0300Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 831 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH EASTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES.. $$ JRB
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.