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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 11, 2015, 7:04 PM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 12, 2015, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2015, 7:04 PM CST (01:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2015, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
886 WWUS43 KMPX 120104 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 704 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN 3 AM AND 10 AM CST MONDAY MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO SAINT CLOUD TO MORA. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN ROUGHLY 4 AM AND 9 AM MONDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS RAPIDLY IMPROVING AFTER 10 AM. MNZ041>045-047>050-121000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.150112T0900Z-150112T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY 704 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM CST MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * WIND CHILL READINGS...25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
331 WWUS43 KMPX 120909 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 309 AM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO SAINT CLOUD TO MORA. WIND CHILL READINGS RAPIDLY IMPROVING AFTER 10 AM. MNZ041>045-047>050-121600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150112T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY 309 AM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * WIND CHILL READINGS...25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
196 WWUS43 KMPX 121555 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 955 AM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10AM CST... .THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10AM CST AS BRIGHT SUN AND WARMING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TODAY. TONIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER COLD NIGHT...BUT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. MNZ041>045-047>050-121700- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150112T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY 955 AM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WARMING INTO THE MID TEENS BELOW ZERO. $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2:46 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti and 21 more | 20 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.