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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 7, 2022Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2022, 2:48 PM CST for Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 7, 2022, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2022, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 8, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Redwood County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2022-01-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2022-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

802 
WWUS73 KMPX 072048
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
248 PM CST Fri Jan 7 2022

MNZ064-073-080500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.220108T0000Z-220108T1200Z/
Yellow Medicine-Redwood-
Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls
248 PM CST Fri Jan 7 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Yellow Medicine and Redwood Counties.

* WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Patchy blowing snow will be possible during
  the strongest wind gusts. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

NDC
2 follow-up statements
125 
WWUS73 KMPX 080427
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1027 PM CST Fri Jan 7 2022

MNZ064-073-081200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-220108T1200Z/
Yellow Medicine-Redwood-
Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls
1027 PM CST Fri Jan 7 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Yellow Medicine and Redwood Counties.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Saturday.

* 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.

&&

$$

Borghoff
482 
WWUS73 KMPX 080821
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
221 AM CST Sat Jan 8 2022

MNZ064-073-081200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-220108T1200Z/
Yellow Medicine-Redwood-
Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls
221 AM CST Sat Jan 8 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Yellow Medicine and Redwood Counties.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Saturday.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 2:55 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift15 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.