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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2015, 6:16 PM CDT for 32 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 17, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2015, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 32 counties
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, 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, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WWUS73 KMPX 172316 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 616 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-180900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.150518T0000Z-150518T0900Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 616 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM CDT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SMALL LIMBS COULD COME DOWN... AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE RELOCATED BY THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
157 WWUS73 KMPX 180234 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 934 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MNZ041-048-049-057>060-062-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-180900- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150518T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 934 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM CDT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SMALL LIMBS COULD COME DOWN... AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE RELOCATED BY THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-180900- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150518T0900Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 934 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM CDT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SMALL LIMBS COULD COME DOWN... AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE RELOCATED BY THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. 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. && $$
461 WWUS73 KMPX 180855 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM...GIVEN WINDS HAVE RECEDED JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY...WITH SPEEDS HANGING JUST BELOW THE SUSTAINED SPEED CRITERIA OF 30 MPH. MNZ041-047>049-054>060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-181000- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150518T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 355 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM...GIVEN WINDS HAVE RECEDED JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY...WITH SPEEDS HANGING JUST BELOW THE SUSTAINED SPEED CRITERIA OF 30 MPH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 27 min |
| May 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 26 min |
| May 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 25 min |
| May 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 35 min |
| May 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 31 min |
| May 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 50 min |
| May 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 35 min |
| May 16, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Sherburne, Wright | 39 min |
| May 16, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 2 hr |
| May 17, 7:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 33 min |
| May 17, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Swift | 35 min |
| May 17, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Todd | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 24 min |
| May 17, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 27 min |
| May 17, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 23 min |
| May 17, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 30 min |
| May 17, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 27 min |
| May 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 30 min |
| May 17, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 26 min |
| May 17, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 29 min |
| May 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 37 min |
| May 17, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 29 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 28 min |
| May 17, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 36 min |
| May 17, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 36 min |
| May 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 33 min |
| May 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 28 min |
| May 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 32 min |
| May 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 34 min |
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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.