Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2018
Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 5, 2018, 2:32 PM CST for 27 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 6, 2018, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2018, 2:32 PM CST (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2018, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2018, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 27 counties
Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault 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
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
234 WWUS43 KMPX 052032 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 232 PM CST Fri Jan 5 2018 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS RETURN LATE TONIGHT... .Wind chill values in the 25 to 30 degrees below zero range will return to portions of western, southwestern and central Minnesota. The coldest wind chills can be expected during the early morning hours through late morning Saturday. MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-060500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.180106T0900Z-180106T1600Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown- Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Elk River, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, Mankato, Fairmont, and Blue Earth 232 PM CST Fri Jan 5 2018 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 15 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 20 below zero to 30 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 10 AM CST Saturday. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
440 WWUS43 KMPX 060239 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 839 PM CST Fri Jan 5 2018 MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-061045- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.180106T0900Z-180106T1600Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown- Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Elk River, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, Mankato, Fairmont, and Blue Earth 839 PM CST Fri Jan 5 2018 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 20 below zero to 35 below zero. * WHERE...Areas along and west of a line from Mora, to Buffalo, to Mankato and Blue Earth. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 10 AM CST Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and gloves. $$
801 WWUS43 KMPX 060837 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 237 AM CST Sat Jan 6 2018 MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-061600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.180106T0900Z-180106T1600Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown- Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Elk River, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, Mankato, Fairmont, and Blue Earth 237 AM CST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 15 below zero to 30 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 10 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. $$
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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.