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Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 11, 2017, 3:08 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 12, 2017, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2017, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2017, 3:05 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
013 WWUS43 KMPX 112108 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 308 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING OVERNIGHT... .AS SKIES CLEAR TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW ZERO...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-120600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.170112T0600Z-170112T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 308 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 7 AM THURSDAY. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
257 WWUS43 KMPX 120542 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1142 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH THE MORNING... .TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BELOW ZERO AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT. THESE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-121345- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.170112T0600Z-170112T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 1142 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 7 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
648 WWUS43 KMPX 120905 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 305 AM CST THU JAN 12 2017 MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-121015- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170112T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 305 AM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:22 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and 2 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.