Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 7, 2020, 1:06 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 7, 2020, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 2020, 1:06 PM CST (19:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 7, 2020, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 45 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
814 WWUS73 KMPX 071906 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 106 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 MNZ064-073-080600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.201108T0300Z-201109T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood- Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls 106 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Yellow Medicine and Redwood Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A few gusts of 60 mph are possible on the Buffalo Ridge. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024- 080600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.201108T1600Z-201109T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice- Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 106 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts around 50 mph expected. A few gusts may reach 55 mph over western Minnesota. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and central, east central, south central, southeast and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Borghoff
5 follow-up statements
129 WWUS73 KMPX 080138 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 738 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 MNZ064-073-080945- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.201108T0300Z-201109T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood- Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls 738 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Yellow Medicine and Redwood Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024- 080945- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.201108T1600Z-201109T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice- Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 738 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few gusts may reach 55 mph over western Minnesota. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and central, east central, south central, southeast and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
525 WWUS73 KMPX 080537 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1137 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 MNZ064-073-081400- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-201109T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood- Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls 1137 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE...Yellow Medicine and Redwood Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024- 081400- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.201108T1600Z-201109T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice- Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 1137 PM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few gusts may reach 55 mph over western Minnesota. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and central, east central, south central, southeast and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 6 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
678 WWUS73 KMPX 080940 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 340 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 MNZ064-073-081800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-201109T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood- Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls 340 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE...Yellow Medicine and Redwood Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024- 081800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.201108T1600Z-201109T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice- Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 340 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few gusts may reach 55 mph over western Minnesota. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and central, east central, south central, southeast and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
790 WWUS73 KMPX 081612 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1012 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-201109T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 1012 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Borghoff
053 WWUS73 KMPX 082349 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 549 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024-090100- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-201109T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 549 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... Wind speeds have fallen below advisory levels, therefore we will allow the wind advisory to expire at 6 PM. $$
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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.