Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2016
Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 12, 2016, 2:39 PM CST for 24 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 12, 2016, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2016, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 24 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
591 WWUS43 KMPX 122039 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 239 PM CST MON DEC 12 2016 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND A BRISK WEST WIND...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-130445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.161213T0300Z-161213T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 239 PM CST MON DEC 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... 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 TUESDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM TUESDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
205 WWUS43 KMPX 130415 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1015 PM CST MON DEC 12 2016 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND A BRISK WEST WIND WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-131200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161213T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1015 PM CST MON DEC 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 15 BELOW ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
255 WWUS43 KMPX 130558 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1158 PM CST MON DEC 12 2016 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND A BRISK WEST WIND WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ066-067-074>076-082>084-091>093-131400- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161213T1500Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1158 PM CST MON DEC 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM TUESDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-131400- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161213T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1158 PM CST MON DEC 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM TUESDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
524 WWUS43 KMPX 131050 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 450 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH MID MORNING... .THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG WITH A WEST WIND UP TO 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH 9 AM FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>084-091>093-131500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161213T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 450 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM TUESDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2016Every wind chill 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.