Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 4:18 AM CST for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 8, 2012, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2012, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943 WWUS73 KMPX 081018 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 418 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 2PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 9PM THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A BENSON...TO LITCHFIELD...TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE LATER TODAY. AS IT DOES SO...EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. MNZ041>043-047>050-055-057-058-081830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.120308T2000Z-120309T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 418 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH....WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY 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. && $$ JB
2 follow-up statements
277 WWUS73 KMPX 081746 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1146 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 2PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8PM THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A BENSON...TO LITCHFIELD...TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE LATER TODAY. AS IT DOES SO...EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. MNZ041>043-047>050-055-057-058-090200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.120308T2000Z-120309T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 1146 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH....WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
476 WWUS73 KMPX 082329 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 529 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A BENSON...TO LITCHFIELD...TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 3O TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. MNZ041>043-047>050-055-057-058-090200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120309T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 529 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH....WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY 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. && $$ RAH
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.