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Wind Chill Advisory 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 23, 2014, 3:00 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 24, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2014, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WWUS43 KMPX 232100 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 PM CST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WIND CHILLS FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM CST MONDAY...WHEN WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 30 BELOW. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF A LAKE MILLE LACS TO ST CLOUD LINE. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE RESULTING AS ANOTHER PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR SETTLES INTO THE AREA AND COMBINES WITH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL MODERATE INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ041>043-047>050-240500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0018.140224T0600Z-140224T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 300 PM CST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
697 WWUS43 KMPX 240409 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1009 PM CST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WIND CHILLS FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM CST MONDAY...WHEN WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 30 BELOW. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF A LAKE MILLE LACS TO ST CLOUD LINE. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE RESULTING AS ANOTHER PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR SETTLES INTO THE AREA AND COMBINES WITH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL MODERATE INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ041>043-047>050-241215- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0018.140224T0600Z-140224T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 1009 PM CST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
495 WWUS43 KMPX 241019 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 419 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO AND 30 BELOW ZERO. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF A LAKE MILLE LACS TO ST CLOUD LINE. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE RESULTING FROM ANOTHER PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR SETTLING INTO THE AREA COMBINED WITH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL MODERATE INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS MORNING. MNZ041>043-047>050-241500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140224T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 419 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM CST MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
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.