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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2025, 2:26 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 1, 2025, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2025, 2:26 AM CST (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2025, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
784 WWUS73 KMPX 010826 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 226 AM CST Sat Feb 1 2025 MNZ064-073-074-082-091-012030- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.250201T1500Z-250201T2100Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Martin- Including the cities of Fairmont, Redwood Falls, St James, New Ulm, and Granite Falls 226 AM CST Sat Feb 1 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Brown, Martin, Watonwan, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 3 PM CST 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. && $$ Strus
1 follow-up statement
848 WWUS73 KMPX 012050 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 250 PM CST Sat Feb 1 2025 MNZ064-073-074-082-091-012200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250201T2100Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Martin- Including the cities of Fairmont, Granite Falls, New Ulm, Redwood Falls, and St James 250 PM CST Sat Feb 1 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... Winds will slowly diminish through the afternoon into the evening. $$ Borghoff
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 21 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.