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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Duluth, MN

August 26, 2021Cass County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind advisory at Aug 26, 2021, 1:16 PM CDT for Cass County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 104 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2021, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
104 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-26Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

714 
WWUS73 KDLH 261816
NPWDLH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Duluth MN
116 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

MNZ033-034-262000-
/O.NEW.KDLH.WI.Y.0003.210826T1816Z-210826T2000Z/
South Cass-Crow Wing-
Including the cities of Pine River and Brainerd
116 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Wind gusts ranging from 35 to 55 mph following rain
  shower activity.

* WHERE...South Cass and Crow Wing Counties.

* WHEN...Until 3 PM CDT this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
129 
WWUS73 KDLH 262003
NPWDLH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Duluth MN
303 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

MNZ033-034-262115-
/O.EXP.KDLH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210826T2000Z/
South Cass-Crow Wing-
Including the cities of Pine River and Brainerd
303 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have weakened over east-central Minnesota this afternoon. 
Thus, the Wind Advisory has been allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 5:05 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH51 hr
Aug 26, 5:43 AM CDTBeach Hazards StatementDLHCarlton, Saint Louis15 hr

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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.