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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 20, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2018, 1:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
320 WWUS73 KMPX 200030 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 730 PM CDT Fri Oct 19 2018 MNZ083>085-092-093-200830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.181020T1300Z-181020T1900Z/ Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 730 PM CDT Fri Oct 19 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 8 AM to 2 PM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northwest, sustained 30 to 35 mph, with gusts near 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles traveling east or west. Use extra caution. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
293 WWUS73 KMPX 200913 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 413 AM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 MNZ083>085-092-093-201900- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.181020T1300Z-181020T1900Z/ Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 413 AM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...Northwest, sustained 30 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles traveling east or west. Use extra caution. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Borghoff
975 WWUS73 KMPX 201836 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 136 PM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 MNZ083>085-092-093-201945- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-181020T1900Z/ Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 136 PM CDT Sat Oct 20 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. $$ 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.