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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 12, 2016, 2:18 PM CST for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 12, 2016, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2016, 2:18 PM CST (20:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2016, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
840 WWUS43 KMPX 122018 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 218 PM CST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...COLD WIND CHILLS RETURN AGAIN TONIGHT... .WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -30 WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. WIZ014>016-025-027-028-130430- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.160113T0300Z-160113T1500Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 218 PM CST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...-25 TO -30 * MAIN IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JRB
2 follow-up statements
056 WWUS43 KMPX 130252 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 852 PM CST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...COLD WIND CHILLS RETURN AGAIN TONIGHT... .WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. WIZ014>016-025-027-028-131500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.160113T0300Z-160113T1500Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 852 PM CST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...-20 TO -30 * MAIN IMPACTS...THESE TEMPERATURES CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
751 WWUS43 KMPX 130915 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 AM CST WED JAN 13 2016 WIZ014>016-025-027-028-131015- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160113T1500Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 315 AM CST WED JAN 13 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE BECOME LIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WIND CHILL THREAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 BELOW HOWEVER...SO REMEMBER TO BUNDLE UP FOR THE COLD. $$
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.