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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

November 20, 2024Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 20, 2024, 1:43 AM CST for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 20, 2024, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 20, 2024, 1:43 AM CST (07:43 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 20, 2024, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 20, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2024-11-20Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2024-11-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 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
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

664 
WWUS73 KMPX 200743
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
143 AM CST Wed Nov 20 2024

MNZ054-064-201800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.241120T0900Z-241121T0000Z/
Lac Qui Parle-Yellow Medicine-
Including the cities of Madison and Granite Falls
143 AM CST Wed Nov 20 2024

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected.

* WHERE...Lac Qui Parle and Yellow Medicine Counties.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening.

* 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.

Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

CTG
1 follow-up statement
917 
WWUS73 KMPX 201641
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1041 AM CST Wed Nov 20 2024

MNZ054-064-210000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-241121T0000Z/
Lac Qui Parle-Yellow Medicine-
Including the cities of Madison and Granite Falls
1041 AM CST Wed Nov 20 2024

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Lac Qui Parle and Yellow Medicine Counties.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening.

* 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.

Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

Dunleavy

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 6:18 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens24 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.