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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2022, 2:25 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 1, 2022, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2022, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2022, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2022, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
725 WWUS73 KMPX 312025 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 225 PM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 MNZ054>056-064-010430- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.220201T0600Z-220201T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Madison, Benson, Montevideo, and Granite Falls 225 PM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Lac Qui Parle, Swift, Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to noon CST Tuesday. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
134 WWUS73 KMPX 010403 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1003 PM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 MNZ049-057-058-065>067-073>075-011215- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.220201T1000Z-220201T1800Z/ Stearns-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown- Nicollet- Including the cities of St Cloud, Willmar, Litchfield, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, and St Peter 1003 PM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Stearns, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, McLeod, Sibley, Redwood, Brown and Nicollet Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to noon CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ054>056-064-011215- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.220201T0600Z-220201T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Madison, Benson, Montevideo, and Granite Falls 1003 PM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Swift and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...Until noon CST Tuesday. * 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. && $$ Borghoff
531 WWUS73 KMPX 010906 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 306 AM CST Tue Feb 1 2022 MNZ049-057-058-065>067-073>075-011715- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.220201T1000Z-220201T1800Z/ Stearns-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown- Nicollet- Including the cities of St Cloud, Willmar, Litchfield, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, and St Peter 306 AM CST Tue Feb 1 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Stearns, Kandiyohi, Brown, Nicollet, Meeker, Sibley, McLeod, Renville and Redwood Counties. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ054>056-064-011715- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-220201T1800Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Madison, Benson, Montevideo, and Granite Falls 306 AM CST Tue Feb 1 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Swift and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * 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 31, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 25 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.