Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2018, 4:05 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2018, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
866 WWUS73 KMPX 302105 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 405 PM CDT Fri Mar 30 2018 MNZ054-056-057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-310515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.180331T1000Z-180331T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Sibley- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Madison, Montevideo, Willmar, Granite Falls, Olivia, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 405 PM CDT Fri Mar 30 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 5 AM to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * TIMING...Strong winds will quickly develop late tonight and persist through Saturday morning. * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained near 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Strong wind gusts will make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
3 follow-up statements
078 WWUS73 KMPX 310257 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 957 PM CDT Fri Mar 30 2018 MNZ054-056-057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-311100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.180331T1000Z-180331T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Sibley- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Madison, Montevideo, Willmar, Granite Falls, Olivia, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 957 PM CDT Fri Mar 30 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...Strong winds will quickly develop early morning Saturday and persist into early Saturday afternoon. * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained near 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Strong wind gusts will make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
468 WWUS73 KMPX 310856 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 356 AM CDT Sat Mar 31 2018 MNZ054-056-057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-311700- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.180331T1000Z-180331T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Sibley- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Madison, Montevideo, Willmar, Granite Falls, Olivia, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 356 AM CDT Sat Mar 31 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...Strong winds will quickly develop early this morning and into early afternoon. * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained near 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Strong wind gusts will make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Borghoff
620 WWUS73 KMPX 311540 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1040 AM CDT Sat Mar 31 2018 ...Strong northwest winds through early afternoon... .Northwest winds of 25 to 30 mph with gusts near 40 mph will continue through early afternoon today. MNZ054-056-057-064-065-067-311645- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180331T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Sibley- Including the cities of Madison, Montevideo, Willmar, Granite Falls, Olivia, and Gaylord 1040 AM CDT Sat Mar 31 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has cancelled the Wind Advisory. The strongest winds have ended across the region. $$ MNZ073>076-082>085-091>093-311800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180331T1800Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 1040 AM CDT Sat Mar 31 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...Strong northwest winds last through early afternoon. * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained near 30 mph with gusts near 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Strong wind gusts will make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts near 40 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ jrb
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 4 days |
| Mar 30, 3:49 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:49 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Hennepin, Isanti and 10 more | 30 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.