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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 2957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
763 WWUS73 KMPX 240850 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 350 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN WISCONSIN... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM CDT TODAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING IN THE PLAINS. THIS STRONG SPRING SYSTEM WILL GENERATE WINDS ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM EAU CLAIRE TO LADYSMITH. WIZ016-027-028-241700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.120524T1700Z-120524T2300Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 350 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON I-94. THE WIND COULD ALSO TAKE DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
284 WWUS73 KMPX 242238 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 538 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. WIZ016-027-028-242345- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120524T2300Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 538 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ALLOWED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN TO EXPIRE. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Rusk | 73 min |
| May 24, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 27 min |
| May 24, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 52 min |
| May 24, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 51 min |
| May 24, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 32 min |
| May 24, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 58 min |
| May 24, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 31 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pepin | 54 min |
| May 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 30 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 57 min |
| May 24, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 47 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 35 min |
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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.