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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 21, 2012, 3:19 PM CST for 36 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2012, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 36 counties
Anoka County, MN, 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, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
105 WWUS73 KMPX 212119 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 319 PM CST WED NOV 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO SAINT CLOUD TO COTTAGE GROVE TO RED WING...INCLUDING ALL OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. BY LATE MORNING...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO AROUND 45 MPH...OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS WILL THEN TRANSLATE EAST INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SPEEDS WILL THEN DIMINISH SLIGHTLY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...THEN DROP OFF FRIDAY EVENING. MNZ041-042-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-220600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.121122T1800Z-121123T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 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...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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 319 PM CST WED NOV 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST LATE THURSDAY MORNING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA...THEN THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING THEN DIMINISH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LOOSE OBJECTS...PARTICULARLY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE DISLODGED AND RELOCATED EASILY. 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. && $$ JPC
6 follow-up statements
572 WWUS73 KMPX 220338 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 938 PM CST WED NOV 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO SAINT CLOUD TO COTTAGE GROVE TO RED WING...INCLUDING ALL OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. BY LATE MORNING...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO 45 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS WILL THEN TRANSLATE EAST INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING. MNZ041-042-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-221200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.121122T1800Z-121123T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 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...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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 938 PM CST WED NOV 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST LATE THURSDAY MORNING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA...THEN OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY UNTIL GRADUALLY SUBSIDING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS OR LOWER 20S LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LOOSE OBJECTS...PARTICULARLY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE DISLODGED AND RELOCATED EASILY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BORGHOFF
486 WWUS73 KMPX 221418 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 818 AM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO SAINT CLOUD TO COTTAGE GROVE TO RED WING...INCLUDING ALL OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. BY LATER THIS MORNING...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO 45 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS WILL THEN TRANSLATE EAST INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING. MNZ041-042-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-222230- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.121122T1800Z-121123T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 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...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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 818 AM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TODAY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...THEN OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS OR LOWER 20S LATER TONIGHT. LOOSE OBJECTS...PARTICULARLY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE DISLODGED AND RELOCATED EASILY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLT
275 WWUS73 KMPX 221950 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 150 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO SAINT CLOUD TO COTTAGE GROVE TO RED WING...INCLUDING ALL OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. MNZ041-042-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-230400- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121123T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 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...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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 150 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE WEST...NORTHWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS OR LOWER 20S LATER TONIGHT. LOOSE OBJECTS... PARTICULARLY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE DISLODGED AND RELOCATED EASILY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLT
831 WWUS73 KMPX 230112 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 712 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. MNZ041-042-048-049-051-230215- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121123T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER 712 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOW HAS CREATED ADDITIONAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ047-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-230915- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121123T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 712 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE WEST...NORTHWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS OR LOWER 20S LATER TONIGHT. LOOSE OBJECTS... PARTICULARLY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE DISLODGED AND RELOCATED EASILY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BORGHOFF
919 WWUS73 KMPX 230329 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 929 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. MNZ059-061-230430- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121123T1200Z/ WRIGHT-ANOKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BLAINE 929 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOW HAS CREATED ADDITIONAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ047-054>058-060-062>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-231130- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121123T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-HENNEPIN- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 929 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS OR LOWER 20S LATER TONIGHT. LOOSE OBJECTS...PARTICULARLY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE DISLODGED AND RELOCATED EASILY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BORGHOFF
859 WWUS73 KMPX 230704 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 104 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. MNZ047-054>058-060-062>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-231200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121123T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-HENNEPIN- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-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...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...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 104 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS OR LOWER 20S LATER TONIGHT. LOOSE OBJECTS... PARTICULARLY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE DISLODGED AND RELOCATED EASILY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 10:32 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Goodhue | 8 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.