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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift | 15 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.