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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2021, 3:01 AM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 13, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2021, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
088 WWUS73 KMPX 130801 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 301 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>076-082>084-091>093-131615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.211013T1300Z-211013T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Sibley-Redwood- Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Madison, Montevideo, Granite Falls, Olivia, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 301 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 1 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
794 WWUS73 KMPX 131758 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1258 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>076-082>084-091>093-131900- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-211013T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Sibley-Redwood- Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Madison, Montevideo, Granite Falls, Olivia, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 1258 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... Gusty winds are expected to continue this afternoon and evening with gusts up to around 40 mph possible. The chance for higher gusts up to 50 mph has come to an end and the advisory will be allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 51 min |
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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.