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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 26, 2021, 3:13 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 26, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2021, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
412 WWUS73 KMPX 260813 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 313 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-261700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.211026T1600Z-211027T0000Z/ Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Alexandria, Morris, Glenwood, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, and Granite Falls 313 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Douglas, Stevens, Pope, Lac Qui Parle, Swift, Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
798 WWUS73 KMPX 262016 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN Issued by National Weather Service Duluth MN 316 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211027T0000Z/ Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Alexandria, Morris, Glenwood, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, and Granite Falls 316 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Stevens, Douglas, Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Swift, Pope and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ WFO DLH
450 WWUS73 KMPX 262306 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 606 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-270015- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211027T0000Z/ Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Alexandria, Morris, Glenwood, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, and Granite Falls 606 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Breezy conditions will continue tonight, but wind gusts will remain below 40 mph. $$ 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.