Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 16, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 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 74 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. && $$
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, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 11 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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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.