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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 26, 2012, 3:14 AM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2012, 3:14 AM CST (09:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
357 WWUS73 KMPX 260914 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 314 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY WAS MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY...MANKATO TO FARIBAULT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE DAKOTAS...WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OVER INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. BLUSTERY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUST AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. A SUDDEN GUST COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO UNDER 20 MILES AN HOUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MNZ064-073-074-082>085-091>093-261715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.120226T1700Z-120227T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 314 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
979 WWUS73 KMPX 261621 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1021 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS EVENING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO OLIVIA TO LE SUEUR TO RED WING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE DAKOTAS...WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OVER INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. BLUSTERY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. A SUDDEN GUST COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO UNDER 20 MILES AN HOUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MNZ054-056-065-067-075>078-270000- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.120226T1700Z-120227T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1021 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ064-073-074-082>085-091>093-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.120226T1700Z-120227T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1021 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:22 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 25 hr |
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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.