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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2012, 7:08 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 12:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724 WWUS73 KMPX 180008 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 708 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... ..A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THAT INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO NEW ULM...TO FAIRMONT. BY EARLY AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-181000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 708 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING...REACHING NEAR 30 MPH BY NOON. THEY WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
750 WWUS73 KMPX 180859 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... ..A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON THAT INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO NEW ULM...TO FAIRMONT. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-181700- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 359 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...REACHING NEAR 30 MPH BY NOON. THEY WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
925 WWUS73 KMPX 180904 CCA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 404 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON THAT INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO NEW ULM...TO FAIRMONT. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-181730- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 404 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...REACHING NEAR 30 MPH BY NOON. THEY WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
070 WWUS73 KMPX 181703 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1203 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE AREA TODAY... MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-181815- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-121019T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1203 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW 30 MPH WITH GUSTS WELL BELOW 45 MPH. $$ BORGHOFF
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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.