Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Dec 29, 2016, 2:32 AM CST for 20 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2016, 2:32 AM CST (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
442 WWUS73 KMPX 290832 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 232 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-291645- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.161229T1500Z-161229T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 232 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 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 WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
704 WWUS73 KMPX 291747 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1147 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-292300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1147 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
913 WWUS73 KMPX 292049 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 249 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-075>077-292200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 249 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON AT 20 TO 35 MPH...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ MNZ073-074-082>085-091>093-292300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 249 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONTROL PROBLEMS. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS ARE LIKELY TO BLOW AROUND. WEAKENED OR BROKEN BRANCHES ON TREES MAY COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.