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Wind Chill Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 12, 2015, 2:46 PM CST for 27 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 13, 2015, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2015, 2:46 PM CST (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2015, 10:36 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 27 counties
Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923 WWUS43 KMPX 122046 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 246 PM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...COLD WIND CHILLS AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AROUND SUNRISE. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-130500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.150113T0900Z-150113T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 246 PM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY... 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 TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED SKIN WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER EXPOSED SKIN WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS. && $$ JRB
3 follow-up statements
935 WWUS43 KMPX 130344 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 944 PM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...COLD WIND CHILLS AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY THOSE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA TO CAMBRIDGE TO BUFFALO TO GAYLORD TO FAIRMONT. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AROUND SUNRISE. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-131200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.150113T0900Z-150113T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 944 PM CST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. * WIND CHILL READINGS...25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER EXPOSED SKIN WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS. && $$
918 WWUS43 KMPX 130916 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2015 ...COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THIS MORNING... .LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY THOSE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA TO CAMBRIDGE TO BUFFALO TO GAYLORD TO FAIRMONT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL OCCUR AROUND SUNRISE...AND THEN MODERATE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-131700- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150113T1700Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 316 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 5 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 WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER EXPOSED SKIN WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS. && $$
042 WWUS43 KMPX 131636 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1036 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED AS TEMPERATURES WARM TODAY... .TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM TODAY. LATER TONIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...BUT THE BITTER COLD IS OVER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND NO FURTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-131745- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150113T1700Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 1036 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TODAY...AND THE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 7:04 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 3 more | 15 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.