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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 18, 202210 counties in Minnesota

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.

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, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2022-04-18Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2022-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.