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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heat advisory at Jun 25, 2016, 2:59 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 25, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2016, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
496 WWUS73 KMPX 250759 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 259 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ...HOT AND HUMID THIS AFTERNOON... .HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. MNZ059>063-066>070-074>077-082>084-251600- /O.NEW.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.160625T1800Z-160625T2300Z/ WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA 259 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURE 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
614 WWUS73 KMPX 251527 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1027 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100 THIS AFTERNOON... .HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS AFTERNOON...WITH VALUES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES AFTER 1 PM. THIS HEAT ADVISORY INCLUDES PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. MNZ059>063-066>070-074>077-082>084-252300- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0003.160625T1800Z-160625T2300Z/ WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA 1027 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURE 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES 95 TO 100. * IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 17 min |
| Jun 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 25 min |
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.