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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Dec 6, 2016, 3:41 AM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 6, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2016, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 531 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 517 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
465 WWUS73 KMPX 060941 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 341 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 MNZ054-056-057-064-065-073-074-082-091-061800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.161206T1500Z-161207T0300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST JAMES... FAIRMONT 341 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS. 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 ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
739 WWUS73 KMPX 061539 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 MNZ054-056-057-064-065-073-074-082-091-070000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST JAMES... FAIRMONT 939 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
848 WWUS73 KMPX 062312 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 512 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 MNZ054-056-057-064-065-073-074-082-091-070300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST JAMES... FAIRMONT 512 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS. 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Todd | 17 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.