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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 202021 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jun 14, 2020, 3:15 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 14, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2020, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 14, 2020, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

306 
WWUS73 KMPX 140815
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
315 AM CDT Sun Jun 14 2020

MNZ041-047-048-055-141800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.200614T1600Z-200615T0200Z/
Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Swift-
Including the cities of Alexandria, Morris, Glenwood, and Benson
315 AM CDT Sun Jun 14 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Douglas, Stevens, Pope and Swift Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 9 PM CDT 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
425 
WWUS73 KMPX 141422
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
922 AM CDT Sun Jun 14 2020

MNZ042-049-054-056>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-150200-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.200614T1500Z-200615T0200Z/
Todd-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-
Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-
Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault-
Including the cities of Long Prairie, St Cloud, Madison, 
Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Granite Falls, Olivia, 
Hutchinson, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, 
Mankato, Fairmont, and Blue Earth
922 AM CDT Sun Jun 14 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southeast winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west 
  central Minnesota.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT 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.

&&

$$

MNZ041-047-048-055-150200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.200614T1500Z-200615T0200Z/
Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Swift-
Including the cities of Alexandria, Morris, Glenwood, and Benson
922 AM CDT Sun Jun 14 2020

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southeast winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Douglas, Stevens, Pope and Swift Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT 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.

&&

$$
526 
WWUS73 KMPX 150110
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
810 PM CDT Sun Jun 14 2020

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-150215-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-200615T0200Z/
Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-
Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-
Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault-
Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, 
Glenwood, St Cloud, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, 
Litchfield, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, 
Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, Mankato, Fairmont, 
and Blue Earth
810 PM CDT Sun Jun 14 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Breezy conditions are expected through Monday, but gusts are
diminishing and are expected to remain below 45 mph.

$$

Borghoff

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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.