Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2015, 3:46 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 25, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2015, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
947 WWUS73 KMPX 250846 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 346 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...STRONG WEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING... .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-251700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.150325T1500Z-150325T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS 346 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ALONG NORTH SOUTH ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
270 WWUS73 KMPX 251551 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1051 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...STRONG WEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING... .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-252300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS 1051 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ALONG NORTH SOUTH ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLT
423 WWUS73 KMPX 252043 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 343 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING TOWARD SUNSET... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-252300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS 343 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ALONG NORTH SOUTH ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING 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. && $$ JLT
976 WWUS73 KMPX 252256 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 556 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 .THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-260000- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS 556 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... $$ 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.