Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2017
Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 12, 2017, 2:43 PM CST for 29 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 12, 2017, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2017, 2:43 PM CST (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2017, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 32 counties
Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle 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, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 64 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
- 1849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
916 WWUS43 KMPX 122043 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 243 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 BELOW ZERO... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS SURGED SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DROP WELL BELOW ZERO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW TEMPERATURES...WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS SHOULD LESSEN AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>044-047>050-055-130445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.170112T2100Z-170113T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, LONG PRAIRIE, LITTLE FALLS, PRINCETON, MORRIS, GLENWOOD, ST CLOUD, FOLEY, AND BENSON 243 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 6 AM FRIDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 AM FRIDAY. * 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. && $$ MNZ045-051-052-054-056>059-064-065-073-130445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.170113T0000Z-170113T0600Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORA, ELK RIVER, CAMBRIDGE, MADISON, MONTEVIDEO, WILLMAR, LITCHFIELD, MONTICELLO, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, AND REDWOOD FALLS 243 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ053-066-067-074-075-082-083-091-092-WIZ014>016-130445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.170113T0300Z-170113T0600Z/ CHISAGO-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CENTER CITY, HUTCHINSON, GAYLORD, NEW ULM, ST PETER, ST JAMES, MANKATO, FAIRMONT, BLUE EARTH, OSCEOLA, RICE LAKE, AND LADYSMITH 243 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
390 WWUS43 KMPX 130414 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1014 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILLS REMAIN AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS SURGED SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL LESSEN AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>044-047>050-055-131200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170113T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, LONG PRAIRIE, LITTLE FALLS, PRINCETON, MORRIS, GLENWOOD, ST CLOUD, FOLEY, AND BENSON 1014 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 24 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 AM FRIDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ045-051-052-054-056>059-064-065-073-130600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170113T0600Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORA, ELK RIVER, CAMBRIDGE, MADISON, MONTEVIDEO, WILLMAR, LITCHFIELD, MONTICELLO, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, AND REDWOOD FALLS 1014 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ MNZ053-066-067-074-075-082-083-091-092-WIZ014>016-130600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170113T0600Z/ CHISAGO-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CENTER CITY, HUTCHINSON, GAYLORD, NEW ULM, ST PETER, ST JAMES, MANKATO, FAIRMONT, BLUE EARTH, OSCEOLA, RICE LAKE, AND LADYSMITH 1014 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 15 BELOW ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
317 WWUS43 KMPX 130648 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1248 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017 ...WIND CHILLS REMAIN AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS SURGED SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL REMAIN COMMON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. MNZ041>044-047>050-055-131200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170113T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, LONG PRAIRIE, LITTLE FALLS, PRINCETON, MORRIS, GLENWOOD, ST CLOUD, FOLEY, AND BENSON 1248 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 30 BELOW ZERO TO 24 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 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. && $$
922 WWUS43 KMPX 131200 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 600 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017 MNZ041>044-047>050-055-131300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170113T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, LONG PRAIRIE, LITTLE FALLS, PRINCETON, MORRIS, GLENWOOD, ST CLOUD, FOLEY, AND BENSON 600 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST THIS MORNING... ALTHOUGH BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES COVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...WINDS RANGE FROM VERY LIGHT TO CALM RESULTING IN MINIMAL WIND CHILLS. $$
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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.