Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 2, 2013, 1:45 PM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 3, 2013, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2013, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2013, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 23 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley 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), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WWUS73 KMPX 021845 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 145 PM CDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-030245- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.131103T1600Z-131104T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 145 PM CDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
864 WWUS73 KMPX 030140 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 840 PM CDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-031100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.131103T1600Z-131104T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 840 PM CDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BORGHOFF
068 WWUS73 KMPX 030938 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 338 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-031745- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.131103T1600Z-131104T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 338 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. 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. && $$
392 WWUS73 KMPX 031555 AAA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 955 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-040000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.131103T1600Z-131104T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 955 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
717 WWUS73 KMPX 040000 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 600 PM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 .WINDS HAVE BEGUN DIMINISHING THIS EVENING...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-040100- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-131104T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 600 PM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. $$ BORGHOFF
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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.