Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2017
Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 5, 2017, 2:10 PM CST for 32 counties in Minnesota; Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 5, 2017, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2017, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2017, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 35 counties
Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
165 WWUS43 KMPX 052010 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 210 PM CST THU JAN 5 2017 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AGAIN TONIGHT... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUE TO WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ026>028-060415- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.170106T0000Z-170106T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 210 PM CST THU JAN 5 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR MIDNIGHT THROUGH 8 AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...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 VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
217 WWUS43 KMPX 060141 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 741 PM CST THU JAN 5 2017 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING ON FRIDAY... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUE TO WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ026>028-060945- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170106T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 741 PM CST THU JAN 5 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 8 AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...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 VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
380 WWUS43 KMPX 060906 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING ON FRIDAY... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUE TO WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ026>028-061600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170106T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 306 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 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. && $$
655 WWUS43 KMPX 061545 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 945 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST... .TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SLIGHTLY TODAY, BUT COLDER WIND CHILLS WILL RETURN TONIGHT. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ026>028-061645- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170106T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 945 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ JRB
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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.