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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 201622 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heat advisory at Jun 18, 2016, 2:56 AM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 19, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2016, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 19, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 22 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

990 
WWUS73 KMPX 180756
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
256 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER SUNDAY...

.A SEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND BRING
HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 105 DEGREES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MN.

MNZ054-056>060-062-064>069-073>076-082-083-181600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.160619T1800Z-160620T0100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...
MANKATO
256 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES 95 TO 105. 

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

JRB
6 follow-up statements
914 
WWUS73 KMPX 181513
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1013 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER SUNDAY...

.A SEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND BRING
HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 105 DEGREES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MN.

MNZ054-056>060-062-064>069-073>076-082-083-182315-
/O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.160619T1800Z-160620T0100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...
MANKATO
1013 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES 95 TO 
  105.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
326 
WWUS73 KMPX 181959
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
259 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...DANGEROUSLY HOT SUNDAY...

.HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY.

MNZ047-048-055-190400-
/O.EXA.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.160619T1800Z-160620T0100Z/
STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON
259 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES 95 TO 100.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ054-056>060-062-064>069-073>076-082-083-190400-
/O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.160619T1800Z-160620T0100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...
MANKATO
259 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES 95 TO
  100...APPROACHING 105 OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
956 
WWUS73 KMPX 190340
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1040 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

MNZ047-048-054>060-062-064>069-073>076-082-083-191200-
/O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.160619T1800Z-160620T0100Z/
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
ST PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO
1040 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES 95 TO 
  100...APPROACHING 105 OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
546 
WWUS73 KMPX 190801
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
301 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNZ047-048-054>060-062-064>069-073>076-082-083-191615-
/O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.160619T1800Z-160620T0100Z/
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
ST PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO
301 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES 95 TO 
  100...APPROACHING 105 OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

JRB
393 
WWUS73 KMPX 191603
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1103 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016


MNZ047-048-054>060-062-064>069-073>076-082-083-200100-
/O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.160619T1800Z-160620T0100Z/
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
ST PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO
1103 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES 90 TO 100. HEAT INDICES 95 TO
  100...APPROACHING 105 OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
219 
WWUS73 KMPX 200057
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
757 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016


MNZ047-048-054>060-062-064>069-073>076-082-083-200200-
/O.CAN.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160620T0100Z/
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
ST PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO
757 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY. 

HEAT INDICES HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THEREFORE THE
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet56 min
Jun 17, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWatonwan54 min
Jun 17, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Martin70 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Minnesota, 2016Every heat advisory in 2016

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.