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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 18, 2020, 3:01 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 19, 2020, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2020, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
488 WWUS43 KMPX 182101 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 301 PM CST Tue Feb 18 2020 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Hazardous wind chills of 25 to 30 degrees below zero will are expected to develop after midnight across portions of west central Minnesota. Temperatures will improve after sunrise, but hazardous wind chills are still expected through 9 AM. MNZ041-042-047-048-190915- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.200219T0600Z-200219T1500Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, and Glenwood 301 PM CST Tue Feb 18 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Douglas, Todd, Stevens and Pope Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
3 follow-up statements
259 WWUS43 KMPX 190445 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1045 PM CST Tue Feb 18 2020 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Hazardous wind chills of 25 to 30 degrees below zero will are expected to develop after midnight across portions of west central Minnesota. Temperatures will improve after sunrise, but hazardous wind chills are still expected through 9 AM. MNZ041-042-047-048-191245- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.200219T0600Z-200219T1500Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, and Glenwood 1045 PM CST Tue Feb 18 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Douglas, Pope, Todd and Stevens Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
239 WWUS43 KMPX 190847 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 247 AM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Hazardous wind chills of 25 to 30 degrees below zero will are expected early this morning across portions of west central Minnesota. Temperatures will improve after sunrise, but hazardous wind chills are still expected through 9 AM. MNZ041-042-047-048-191500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-200219T1500Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, and Glenwood 247 AM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Douglas, Pope, Todd and Stevens Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ Borghoff
578 WWUS43 KMPX 191457 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 857 AM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM... .Wind chills are warmer than 25 below zero across the advisory area.. MNZ041-042-047-048-191600- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-200219T1500Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, and Glenwood 857 AM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... $$
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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.