Alert archive / Minnesota / High Wind Watches in 2016
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this high wind watch at Mar 15, 2016, 2:57 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2016, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2016, 3:01 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
195 WWUS73 KMPX 150757 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... MNZ083>085-091>093-151600- /O.NEW.KMPX.HW.A.0001.160316T0900Z-160316T2300Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 257 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...4 AM THROUGH 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND. MINOR TREE OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JRB
2 follow-up statements
006 WWUS73 KMPX 151600 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1100 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... MNZ083>085-091>093-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.HW.A.0001.160316T0900Z-160316T2300Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1100 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...4 AM THROUGH 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND. MINOR TREE OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
937 WWUS73 KMPX 152001 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 301 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... MNZ083>085-091>093-160415- /O.UPG.KMPX.HW.A.0001.160316T0900Z-160316T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.160316T0900Z-160317T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 301 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...4 AM THROUGH 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND. MINOR TREE OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ073>078-082-160415- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.160316T0900Z-160317T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES 301 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...4 AM THROUGH 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND. MINOR TREE OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:01 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 3:11 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chisago, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 34 hr |
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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.