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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 8, 2013, 3:22 AM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 8, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2013, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
894 WWUS73 KMPX 080822 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE BUFFALO RIDGE AND IN OPEN UNSHELTERED AREAS. GENERALLY...THE WIND ADVISORY COVERS AN AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BELLINGHAM TO MONTEVIDEO TO OLIVIA TO WINTHROP TO MANKATO TO ALBERT LEA. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-081800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.131008T1600Z-131009T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 322 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT 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 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND OPEN UNSHELTERED AREAS. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS OR OTHER OPEN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
429 WWUS73 KMPX 081608 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1108 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE BUFFALO RIDGE AND IN OPEN UNSHELTERED AREAS. GENERALLY...THE WIND ADVISORY COVERS AN AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BELLINGHAM TO MONTEVIDEO TO OLIVIA TO WINTHROP TO MANKATO TO ALBERT LEA. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131009T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1108 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND OPEN UNSHELTERED AREAS. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS OR OTHER OPEN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.