Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2017
Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 3, 2017, 2:40 PM CST for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 4, 2017, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2017, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties
Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 105 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
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
882 WWUS43 KMPX 032040 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 240 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2017 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO EXPECTED WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE TOMORROW MORNING. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-092-040445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.170104T0600Z-170104T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST JAMES... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 240 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 7 AM WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
575 WWUS43 KMPX 040711 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 111 AM CST WED JAN 4 2017 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-092-041515- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170104T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST JAMES... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 111 AM CST WED JAN 4 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL NOON...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
064 WWUS43 KMPX 041430 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 830 AM CST WED JAN 4 2017 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 35 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-092-041800- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170104T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST JAMES... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 830 AM CST WED JAN 4 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO UNTIL NOON. * 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. && $$
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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.