Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 18, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
120 WWUS73 KMPX 180852 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUES FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO WILLMAR TO GIBBON TO MANKATO TO KIESTER...FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...AND CAN ALSO BLOW AROUND LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-181700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0012.120518T1500Z-120519T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 352 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSS OF CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. LIGHTWEIGHT LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
508 WWUS73 KMPX 181529 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1029 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH... AND SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM...OR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD...WILLMAR... TO GAYLORD...MANKATO AND KIESTER. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...AND CAN ALSO BLOW AROUND LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-190000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120519T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1029 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSS OF CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. LIGHTWEIGHT LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 48 min |
| May 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 23 min |
| May 18, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 48 min |
| May 18, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 53 min |
| May 18, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 45 min |
| May 18, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 48 min |
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.