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Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 6, 2017, 2:36 PM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 6, 2017, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2017, 2:36 PM CST (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
157 WWUS43 KMPX 062036 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 236 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...COLD WIND CHILLS AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .ANOTHER NIGHT OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-94. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-070445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.170107T0300Z-170107T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 236 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... 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 SATURDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM SATURDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND HAVE WARM CLOTHES WITH YOU IF TRAVELING. 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. && $$ JRB
3 follow-up statements
838 WWUS43 KMPX 070222 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 822 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .ANOTHER NIGHT OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-94. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-071030- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.170107T0300Z-170107T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 822 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR AROUND 6 AM SATURDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND HAVE WARM CLOTHES WITH YOU IF TRAVELING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
718 WWUS43 KMPX 070922 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...COLD WIND CHILLS PERSIST THIS MORNING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .COLD TEMPERATURES WITH LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-071500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170107T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 322 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...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 THIS MORNING MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94...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. && $$
838 WWUS43 KMPX 071514 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 914 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM TODAY. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-071615- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170107T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 914 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ 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.