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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2014, 1:18 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2014, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2014, 7:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
582 WWUS73 KMPX 261818 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 118 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...HAZARDOUS WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS GATHERING STRENGTH IN THE PLAINS AND INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. AFTERNOON WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...POSSIBLY TO 50 MPH. THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON EAST-WEST ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING. MNZ073-074-082>084-091>093-270100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.140326T1818Z-140327T0100Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 118 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE STRONG FROM THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * EXPECT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. ISOLATED 50 MPH GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY HIGH RISE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ BAUMGARDT
2 follow-up statements
808 WWUS73 KMPX 262225 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 525 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. MNZ073-074-082>084-091>093-270100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140327T0100Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 525 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * EXPECT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY HIGH RISE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
134 WWUS73 KMPX 270021 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 721 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING. MNZ073-074-082>084-091>093-270130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140327T0100Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 721 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti and 16 more | 28 hr |
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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.