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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Aug 26, 2021, 12:25 PM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2021, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
871 WWUS73 KMPX 261725 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1225 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-262000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.210826T1725Z-210826T2000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Redwood- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Granite Falls, Olivia, and Redwood Falls 1225 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusty winds are expected following the line of thunderstorms moving across Minnesota this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
2 follow-up statements
131 WWUS73 KMPX 261821 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 121 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 MNZ043-050-262000- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210826T2000Z/ Morrison-Benton- Including the cities of Little Falls and Sauk Rapids 121 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. * WHERE...Morrison and Benton Counties. * WHEN...Until 3 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusty winds are expected following the line of thunderstorms moving across Minnesota this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-262000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210826T2000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Redwood- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Granite Falls, Olivia, and Redwood Falls 121 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusty winds are expected following the line of thunderstorms moving across Minnesota this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
281 WWUS73 KMPX 262008 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 308 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-262115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210826T2000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton-Lac Qui Parle- Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Redwood- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Granite Falls, Olivia, and Redwood Falls 308 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... While gusts of 20 to 35 mph may continue the risk for 40 to 50 mph wind gusts has decreased so the wind advisory was allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota and 22 more | 13 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.