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Wind Chill Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 19, 2020, 3:35 PM CST for 26 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 20, 2020, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2020, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
702 WWUS43 KMPX 192135 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 335 PM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Dangerous wind chills of 25 to 30 degrees below zero will are expected to develop after midnight across portions of west and south central Minnesota. Temperatures will improve after sunrise, but hazardous wind chills are still expected through 9 AM. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-200545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.200220T0600Z-200220T1500Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood- Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- 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, Le Sueur, Faribault, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 335 PM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 35 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ BPH
2 follow-up statements
218 WWUS43 KMPX 200417 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1017 PM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Dangerous wind chills of 25 to 30 degrees below zero will are expected to develop after midnight across portions of south central, western, and central Minnesota. Temperatures will improve after sunrise, but hazardous wind chills are still expected through 9 AM. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-201230- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.200220T0600Z-200220T1500Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood- Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 1017 PM CST Wed Feb 19 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
839 WWUS43 KMPX 200941 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 341 AM CST Thu Feb 20 2020 MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-201500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-200220T1500Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood- Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- 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, Le Sueur, Faribault, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 341 AM CST Thu Feb 20 2020 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ 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.