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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 6:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 24 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.