Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
031 WWUS73 KMPX 150902 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 402 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING..IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF NEAR 30 MPH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PRESSURE PULLS OFF TO THE EAST INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO OWATONNA FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO MANKATO AND OWATONNA FOR TONIGHT. MNZ082>085-091>093-151715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.120415T1800Z-120416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.120416T0600Z-120416T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 402 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING AROUND NOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-151715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.120416T0000Z-120416T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 402 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER 8 PM OR 9 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ074-075-151715- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.120416T0600Z-120416T1200Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 402 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
443 WWUS73 KMPX 151741 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1241 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AT NOON WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PRESSURE PULLS OFF FARTHER INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO OWATONNA FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO MANKATO AND OWATONNA FOR TONIGHT. MNZ082>085-091>093-160145- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.120415T1800Z-120416T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.120416T0600Z-120416T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1241 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-160145- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.120416T0000Z-120416T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1241 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER 8 PM OR 9 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ MNZ074-075-160145- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.120416T0600Z-120416T1200Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1241 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
561 WWUS73 KMPX 160539 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1239 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LIFTING INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST DURING THE NIGHT...AFFECTING WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM...FOR THE AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD AND ALBERT LEA. NEW ULM TO OWATONNA FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO MANKATO AND OWATONNA FOR TONIGHT. MNZ049-058-066-067-076-161200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.120416T0600Z-120416T1200Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...LE SUEUR 1239 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-161200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1239 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ074-075-082>085-091>093-161200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.120416T0600Z-120416T1200Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1239 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST DEVELOPING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$
228 WWUS73 KMPX 160737 CCA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 237 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LIFTING INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST DURING THE NIGHT...AFFECTING WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM...FOR THE AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD AND ALBERT LEA. NEW ULM TO OWATONNA FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO MANKATO AND OWATONNA FOR TONIGHT. MNZ049-058-066-067-076-161200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.120416T0600Z-120416T1200Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...LE SUEUR 237 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-161200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 237 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ MNZ074-075-082>085-091>093-161200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120416T1200Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 237 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST DEVELOPING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
370 WWUS73 KMPX 160909 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 409 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LIFTING INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM...WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO REDWOOD FALLS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM...FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD AND ALBERT LEA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EVENING OVER THE REGION. MNZ041-048-057-065-161715- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR... OLIVIA 409 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-074>076-082>085-091>093-161715- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120416T1800Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 409 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-073-161200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 409 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH 7 AM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$
632 WWUS73 KMPX 161355 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 855 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE NEAR GREEN BAY...WISCONSIN LIFTS NORTHEAST. WIND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT...MANKATO... ALBERT LEA...AND OWATONNA. THRU THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. MNZ041-048-057-065-161800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR... OLIVIA 855 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUBSIDING EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-074>076-082>085-091>093-161800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120416T1800Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 855 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING SUBSIDING EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$
324 WWUS73 KMPX 161356 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 856 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SUBSIDING EARLY AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE NEAR GREEN BAY...WISCONSIN LIFTS NORTHEAST. WIND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT...MANKATO... ALBERT LEA...AND OWATONNA. THRU THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. MNZ041-048-057-065-161800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR... OLIVIA 856 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUBSIDING EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-074>076-082>085-091>093-161800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120416T1800Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 856 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING SUBSIDING EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 15, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
.DISCUSSION...
MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE TO SLOW OVERALL TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW
ACROSS THE REGION. INSTEAD OF SYSTEM EXITING INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN BY 18Z...THE LOW AND FRONT DONT MOVE THROUGH UNTIL AROUND
00Z. OVERNIGHT SURGE OF WAA PRECIPITATION IS MOVING THROUGH MAINLY
EASTERN AREAS NOW. SURFACE WARM FRONT STILL SOUTH OF MINNESOTA BUT
IS EXPECTED TO SURGE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AFTER 12Z AS THE RAIN
SHIELD EXITS TO THE EAST. QUESTION REMAINS HOW MUCH SUNSHINE WILL
OCCUR TODAY AND WHERE FRONT WILL RESIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON. SHOULD
SEE IT MOVE INTO THE METRO BY LATE AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL REMAIN
NORTH OF THE FRONT...WITH SOME BREAKS EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE FRONT.
IF ENOUGH DESTABILIZATION OCCURS...SHOULD SEE CONVECTION DEVELOP
AROUND THE 20Z PERIOD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS THE LOW
LIFTS NORTHEAST. AMPLE SHEAR...INSTABILITY AND HELICITY SHOULD
RESULT IN SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...AT LEAST EARLY. THIS WILL LEND
TO THE POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMATION OVER THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF
THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODERATE RISK OF
INITIATED BY SPC FOR DAY 1 OUTLOOK LOOKS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME.
OF COURSE...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR CLOUD COVER TODAY AND THE AMOUNT
OF DESTABILIZATION.
SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND SHOULD END THE THUNDER
THREAT THROUGH ABOUT 06Z OR SO. COLD AIR MOVES IN RAPIDLY BEHIND
THE SYSTEM...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INCH OR TWO OF WET SNOW
ACCUMULATING OVER NORTHERN MN PORTION OF THE CWA LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY. RAIN SNOW MIX LOOKS LIKELY OVER THE TWIN CITIES
METRO EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. LITTLE
ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR HOWEVER.
COOLER AIR FOR TUESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER FROST/FREEZE
EPISODE MONDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE
MOVES INTO THE REGION FOR LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND
ANOTHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF DIVERGE SOMEWHAT ON
HOW STRONG THE WAVES ARE WHEN THEY MOVE THROUGH...ESPECIALLY THE
ONES LATER IN THE WEEK. DONT APPEAR TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG AND
ARE MAINLY RIDING ALONG THE NORTHERN JET STREAM AND OF PACIFIC
ORIGIN. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE NEAR NORMAL OR A BIT COOLER THAN
NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
AVIATION CONCERN OR FORECAST CHALLENGE ARE THUNDERSTORM TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY....WIND DIRECTION...DUE TO LOCATION OF WARM FRONT AND WIND
SHIFT AFTER CDFNT PASSAGE...AND SNOW CHANCES IN THE WAKE OF THE SFC
LOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
AIRMASS OVER MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...APPEARS TO BE
MORE STABLE THAN AIRMASS WELL TO SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THE WARM
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH OVER INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGER FORCING ALONG WITH
BETTER INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP NORTHEAST OVER THE FORECAST AREA
ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS MOVES
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVERNIGHT AS
RAIN/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOISTEN THE AIRMASS IN THE
LOW LEVELS. CEILING/VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO IFR FLIGHT CATEGORY
OVERNIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE MVFR/VFR
AS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MN/PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE
MORNING/SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BECOMING WINDY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MN...SFC
WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KNOTS. AS THE SFC
LOW MOVES INTO WISCONSIN...WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING
20 TO 35 KNOTS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MONDAY MORNING.
CONDITIONS LOWERING AGAIN DOWN TO MVFR/IFR CATEGORY DUE TO LIGHT
SNOW OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY.
MSP...ISOLATED OR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. WARM
FRONT FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES BY MID/LATE
AFTERNOON SUNDAY. POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE
600 PM SUNDAY. TURNING WINDY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. REMAINING
WINDY THROUGH BULK OF THE MORNING MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING WITH
SOME ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ON GRASSY AREAS.
.SUNDAY NIGHT/MON...IFR/MVFR CIGS/VSBYS DEVELOPING...BUT IMPROVING
MONDAY AFTN.
.TUE...VFR.
.WED...VFR/MVFR -SHRA.
.THU...VFR/MVFR -SHRA.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-MARTIN-STEELE-WASECA-
WATONWAN.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR BLUE EARTH-BROWN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-MARTIN-NICOLLET-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR
CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-REDWOOD-
RENVILLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WI...NONE.
&&
DWE/JPRHazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 11:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1156 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 MNZ047-048-054>060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-151800- STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 1156 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT SWEEP EAST. REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AROUND NOON AND THEN MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY. MNZ063-WIZ014>016-023>028-151800- WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- 1156 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT SWEEP EAST. REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AROUND NOON AND THEN MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. A COUPLE TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY. MNZ041>045-049>053-061-151800- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- 1156 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NORTH OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTIFUL AMOUNTS OF RAIN TO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...BY MONDAY MORNING ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL WRAP IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. A COUPLE INCHES OF SLUSHY SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE MORE LIKELY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, McLeod and 8 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 6 more | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 21 min |
| Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 31 min |
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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.