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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2016, 4:12 PM CST for Pepin County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
971 WWUS73 KMPX 172212 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 412 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 MNZ070-077-078-084-085-092-093-180615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.161118T1800Z-161119T0600Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 412 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...NOON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
288 WWUS73 KMPX 180250 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 850 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 MNZ070-077-078-084-085-092-093-181200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.161118T1800Z-161119T0600Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 850 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...NOON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
995 WWUS73 KMPX 180949 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 349 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 WIZ023-024-026-181800- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.161118T1800Z-161119T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND 349 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...NOON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ070-077-078-084-085-092-093-181800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.161118T1800Z-161119T0600Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 349 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...NOON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
040 WWUS73 KMPX 181751 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 MNZ070-077-078-084-085-092-093-190600- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.161118T1800Z-161119T0600Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...NOON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WIZ023-024-026-190600- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.161118T1800Z-161119T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...NOON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
392 WWUS73 KMPX 190614 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1214 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 MNZ070-077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ023-024-026-190715- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161119T0600Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND 1214 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Polk | 41 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:44 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns and 1 more | 41 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2016Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 2016Every wind 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.