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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 4, 20255 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 4, 2025, 1:11 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 4, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2025, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 4, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 4, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2025-09-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2025-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WWUS73 KMPX 041811
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
111 PM CDT Thu Sep 4 2025

MNZ047-054>056-064-050300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.250904T2100Z-250905T0300Z/
Stevens-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-
Including the cities of Morris, Montevideo, Benson, Granite
Falls, and Madison
111 PM CDT Thu Sep 4 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Stevens, Swift, and Yellow 
  Medicine Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT 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.

&&

$$

Dunleavy

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine55 min
Sep 4, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville39 min
Sep 4, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan51 min
Sep 4, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet30 min

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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.