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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 31, 202213 counties in Minnesota

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.

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, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2022-01-31Temperature 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 2022-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 2:23 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd25 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.