Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT for 37 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 20, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2015, 2:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 37 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn 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, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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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
2 follow-up statements
298 WWUS73 KMPX 201641 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1141 AM CDT MON APR 20 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR LOCATIONS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO OAK GROVE TO COTTAGE GROVE TO FARIBAULT TO ALBERT LEA. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-210000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150421T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- 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-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...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...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1141 AM CDT MON APR 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 2 PM THROUGH 5 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVE ALONG NORTH SOUTH ROADS. UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
998 WWUS73 KMPX 201924 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 224 PM CDT MON APR 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .NORTHWEST WINDS REMAIN SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. WIND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-202030- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150421T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 224 PM CDT MON APR 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ BORGHOFF
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.