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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2012, 2:19 PM CDT for 29 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2012, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 32 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 1532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
148 WWUS73 KMPX 261919 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 219 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS FOR POLK...ST CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE WIND LATE TONIGHT...BUT WINDS WILL PICK BACK UP AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS FOR ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY OUTDOOR FURNITURE THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT DURING THE RECENT WARM SPELL. MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014- 023-024-270330- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.120327T1600Z-120328T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 219 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-270330- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 219 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT THEN BECOMING STRONG SOUTHWEST TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT....THEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ON TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAH
4 follow-up statements
841 WWUS73 KMPX 270310 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1010 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS FOR POLK...ST CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE WIND LATE TONIGHT... BUT WINDS WILL PICK BACK UP AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS FOR ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY OUTDOOR FURNITURE THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT DURING THE RECENT WARM SPELL. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-271115- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1010 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT THEN BECOMING STRONG SOUTHWEST TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT....THEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ON TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014- 023-024-271115- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.120327T1600Z-120328T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 1010 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
539 WWUS73 KMPX 270845 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 345 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH POLK...ST. CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. GUSTS MAY INCREASE TO NEAR 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-271700- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 345 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014- 023-024-271700- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.120327T1600Z-120328T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 345 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
503 WWUS73 KMPX 271628 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1128 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH POLK...ST. CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BECOMING WESTERLY FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...AND SOME ISOLATED 50 MPH GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-280000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1128 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM MIDDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014- 023-024-280000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 1128 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN WESTERLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
929 WWUS73 KMPX 280011 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 711 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .THE WIND EXPIRED THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS EXPIRED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASE UNDER THE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014- 023-024-280115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 711 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASE UNDER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-280115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 711 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASE UNDER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 3:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 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.