Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2018
Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 2, 2018, 7:55 PM CST for 11 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 3, 2018, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2018, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2018, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2018, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
986 WWUS43 KMPX 030155 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 755 PM CST Tue Jan 2 2018 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS RETURN LATE TONIGHT... .Wind chill values in the 25 to 30 below zero range will return late tonight to portions of central and west central Minnesota, before slowly improving late Wednesday morning. MNZ041>044-047>050-055>057-031200- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.180103T0900Z-180103T1700Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Benson, Montevideo, and Willmar 755 PM CST Tue Jan 2 2018 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 25 below zero to 30 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 11 AM CST Wednesday. 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. $$ Borghoff
2 follow-up statements
248 WWUS43 KMPX 030834 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 234 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2018 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS RETURNING THIS MORNING... .Wind chill values in the 25 to 30 below zero range are returning to portions of central and west central Minnesota. Slowly improving conditions will occur late this morning. MNZ041>044-047>050-055>057-031700- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.180103T0900Z-180103T1700Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Benson, Montevideo, and Willmar 234 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2018 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 25 below zero to 30 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 11 AM CST this morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and gloves. $$ Borghoff
064 WWUS43 KMPX 031649 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1049 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2018 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... .Wind chills are improving and will continue for the rest of the day. Therefore, the advisory will expire at 11 am. MNZ041>044-047>050-055>057-031800- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180103T1700Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Benson, Montevideo, and Willmar 1049 AM CST Wed Jan 3 2018 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2:19 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 12 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.