Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2017, 2:51 AM CST for 15 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 30, 2017, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2017, 2:51 AM CST (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2017, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2017, 9:59 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, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
762 WWUS73 KMPX 300851 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 251 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-301800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.170130T2000Z-170131T0600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, MADISON, BENSON, MONTEVIDEO, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, REDWOOD FALLS, NEW ULM, ST PETER, ST JAMES, MANKATO, FAIRMONT, AND BLUE EARTH 251 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
3 follow-up statements
956 WWUS73 KMPX 301531 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 931 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-302345- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.170130T2000Z-170131T0600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, MADISON, BENSON, MONTEVIDEO, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, REDWOOD FALLS, NEW ULM, ST PETER, ST JAMES, MANKATO, FAIRMONT, AND BLUE EARTH 931 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
850 WWUS73 KMPX 302105 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 305 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 MNZ084-093-310515- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0600Z/ WASECA-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WASECA AND ALBERT LEA 305 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. 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. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-310515- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, MADISON, BENSON, MONTEVIDEO, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, REDWOOD FALLS, NEW ULM, ST PETER, ST JAMES, MANKATO, FAIRMONT, AND BLUE EARTH 305 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
809 WWUS73 KMPX 310359 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 959 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-310500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, MADISON, BENSON, MONTEVIDEO, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, REDWOOD FALLS, NEW ULM, ST PETER, ST JAMES, MANKATO, WASECA, FAIRMONT, BLUE EARTH, AND ALBERT LEA 959 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. $$
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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.