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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2014, 3:59 PM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 24, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2014, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616 WWUS73 KMPX 232159 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...DENSE FOG LINGERING THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT... .DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST AS A COLD FRONT WORKS ACROSS THE AREA AND WINDS INCREASE. THE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. MNZ053-061>063-WIZ028-232300- /O.CAN.KMPX.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-141124T0000Z/ CHISAGO-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 359 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. THE DENSE FOG HAS DISSIPATED. $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-240600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.141124T0600Z-141125T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 359 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WIZ014>016-023-025-027-240600- /O.EXT.KMPX.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 359 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY...1/4 MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE IMPACTED WITH LIMITED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$
6 follow-up statements
333 WWUS73 KMPX 240314 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 914 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...DENSE FOG LINGERING THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT... .DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST AS A COLD FRONT WORKS ACROSS THE AREA AND WINDS INCREASE. THE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. WIZ014-015-023-025-240415- /O.CAN.KMPX.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 914 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. $$ WIZ016-027-240600- /O.CON.KMPX.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 914 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY...1/4 MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE IMPACTED WITH LIMITED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-241115- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.141124T0600Z-141125T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 914 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BORGHOFF
156 WWUS73 KMPX 241033 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 433 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROLE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-241845- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 433 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$
694 WWUS73 KMPX 241533 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 933 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SUSTAINED WINDS WERE APPROACHING 30 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER AND THESE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROLE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90 ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-242145- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 933 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SHEA/ARX
634 WWUS73 KMPX 241753 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1153 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40...WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THIS IS COMBINED WITH SOME FRESH SNOW COVER...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND FALLING TEMPERATURES THAT ARE MAKING FOR LESS THAN IDEAL TRAVEL WEATHER. EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES LIKE SEMI TRUCKS. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TODAY. MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-250000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1153 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SHEA
436 WWUS73 KMPX 242013 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 213 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...NORTHWEST WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS AFTERNOON... .SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WINDS WERE STRONGEST AT MID AFTERNOON NEAR THE MINNESOTA-IOWA STATE LINE. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE MOST DIFFICULT ON EAST- WEST ROADS THROUGH THE DAY. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-250000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 213 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SHEA
127 WWUS73 KMPX 242329 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 529 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WINDS BEGINNING TO SLOWLY DIMINISH... .WINDS HAVE BEGUN A SLOW DECREASE ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL DECREASE AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-250030- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 529 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS WILL CONTINUE DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. * THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BAUMGARDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 8:06 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 18 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.