Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2015, 10:21 AM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 2, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2015, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 23 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
1 follow-up statement
185 WWUS73 KMPX 022253 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 553 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT... .WIND SPEEDS HAVE SETTLED TO BELOW THE THRESHOLDS FOR A WIND ADVISORY. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. MNZ041>045-047>059-061-064>066-073-030000- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150402T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 553 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 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 AT 6 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 10:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 26 more | 8 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.