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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 13, 202115 counties in Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens51 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.