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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 17, 2024Brown County, Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2024, 1:06 AM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2024, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2024-10-17Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2024-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

496 
WWUS73 KMPX 170606
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
106 AM CDT Thu Oct 17 2024

MNZ064-073-074-171815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.241017T0606Z-241017T2000Z/
Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-
Including the cities of Granite Falls, Redwood Falls, and New Ulm
106 AM CDT Thu Oct 17 2024

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...South winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...far western portions of Brown, Redwood, and Yellow 
  Medicine Counties.

* WHEN...Until 3 PM CDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Strus

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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.