Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2012, 9:39 AM CDT for 31 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 17, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2012, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 31 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 2136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
383 WWUS73 KMPX 171439 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WIND DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA .STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OR DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO...MINNEAPOLIS AND RED WING...UNTIL 7 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047>049-054>060-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-172245- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0011.120517T1500Z-120518T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...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 939 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS INCREASING BY NOON AND DIMINISHING AROUND 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH 7 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE TROUBLE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. SMALL...LOOSE ITEMS MAY BLOW AROUND AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
321 WWUS73 KMPX 171440 CCA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 940 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WIND DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OR DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO...MINNEAPOLIS AND RED WING...UNTIL 7 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047>049-054>060-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-172300- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0011.120517T1500Z-120518T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...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 940 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS INCREASING BY NOON AND DIMINISHING AROUND 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH 7 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE TROUBLE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. SMALL...LOOSE ITEMS MAY BLOW AROUND AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
338 WWUS73 KMPX 172047 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 347 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUING OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MINNEAPOLIS TO RED WING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MNZ041-047>049-054>060-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-180000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120518T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...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 347 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE TROUBLE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. SMALL...LOOSE ITEMS MAY BLOW AROUND AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
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.