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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2015, 3:03 PM CDT for 30 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 1, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2015, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 36 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
684 WWUS73 KMPX 312003 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 303 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GRANITE FALLS...TO LE SUEUR...TO OWATONNA LINE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. MNZ064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-010415- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.150401T1400Z-150401T2200Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 303 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL 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 ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
7 follow-up statements
488 WWUS73 KMPX 010135 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 835 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GRANITE FALLS...TO LE SUEUR...TO OWATONNA LINE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. MNZ064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-010945- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.150401T1400Z-150401T2200Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 835 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
223 WWUS73 KMPX 010935 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 435 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GRANITE FALLS...TO LE SUEUR...TO OWATONNA LINE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. MNZ064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-011745- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.150401T1400Z-150401T2200Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 435 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL 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 ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JRB
506 WWUS73 KMPX 011413 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 913 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. MNZ054>059-066-068-069-077-012200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150401T2200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...FARIBAULT 913 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-012200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150401T2200Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 913 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...9 AM TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL 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 ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
604 WWUS73 KMPX 012048 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 348 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. MNZ054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-020000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150402T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 348 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
367 WWUS73 KMPX 012112 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 412 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO NEW LONDON TO ELK RIVER TO FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...CONTINUING TO NEW RICHMOND TO BLOOMER IN WISCONSIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 90 AND 94. MNZ060>063-070-078-WIZ023>028-020100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150402T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 412 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...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. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL 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 ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-020100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150402T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 412 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
059 WWUS73 KMPX 012112 CCA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 412 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO NEW LONDON TO ELK RIVER TO FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...CONTINUING TO NEW RICHMOND TO BLOOMER IN WISCONSIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 90 AND 94. MNZ060>063-070-078-WIZ023>028-020100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150402T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 412 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...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. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL 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 ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-020100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150402T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 412 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
580 WWUS73 KMPX 020046 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 746 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .WIND SPEEDS HAVE SETTLED TO BELOW THE THRESHOLDS FOR A WIND ADVISORY. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MNZ054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-020200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150402T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 746 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .WIND SPEEDS HAVE SETTLED TO BELOW THE THRESHOLDS FOR A WIND ADVISORY. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:27 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Chisago, Kanabec, Washington | 8 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2015Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015
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.