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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2022, 3:31 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 18, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2022, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2022, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898 WWUS73 KMPX 180831 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 331 AM CDT Mon Apr 18 2022 MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-181700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.220418T1500Z-220418T2200Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 331 AM CDT Mon Apr 18 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Redwood, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Martin, Faribault and Freeborn Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 5 PM CDT this afternoon. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
480 WWUS73 KMPX 181517 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1017 AM CDT Mon Apr 18 2022 MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-182200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-220418T2200Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 1017 AM CDT Mon Apr 18 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Watonwan, Steele, Waseca, Faribault, Freeborn, Blue Earth, Martin, Brown, Nicollet and Redwood Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Borghoff
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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.