Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2014, 4:17 AM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2014, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2014, 9:09 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 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, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WWUS73 KMPX 310917 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 417 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO APPROACHING STRONG WINTER STORM... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN BY TUESDAY MORNING. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CLIMB TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...MAINLY THOSE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VESTA TO OLIVIA TO HUTCHINSON TO LE CENTER TO OWATONNA. MNZ065>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-311800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.140331T1800Z-140401T1500Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 417 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT AND BEYOND DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG WHEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE... MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
603 WWUS73 KMPX 311746 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1246 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT NORTHWEST TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CLIMB TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...MAINLY THOSE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VESTA TO OLIVIA TO HUTCHINSON TO LE CENTER TO FARIBAULT. MNZ058-077-010200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.140331T1800Z-140401T1500Z/ MEEKER-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...FARIBAULT 1246 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND STRENGTHEN. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG WHEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ065>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-010200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.140331T1800Z-140401T1500Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1246 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND STRENGTHEN. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG WHEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
574 WWUS73 KMPX 010221 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 921 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...MAINLY THOSE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VESTA TO OLIVIA TO HUTCHINSON TO LE CENTER TO FARIBAULT. MNZ058-065>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-011030- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140401T1500Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 921 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG WHEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
410 WWUS73 KMPX 010732 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 232 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS MORNING... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...MAINLY THOSE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VESTA TO OLIVIA TO LITCHFIELD TO LE CENTER TO FARIBAULT. MNZ058-065>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-011500- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140401T1500Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 232 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG WHEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
430 WWUS73 KMPX 011409 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 909 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 MNZ058-065>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-011515- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140401T1500Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 909 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE THIS MORNING WITH THE TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:06 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:06 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 36 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014
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.