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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2025, 2:50 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2025, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 19:49 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
502 WWUS73 KMPX 181950 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 250 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025 MNZ064-073-191000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.250319T1200Z-250320T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood- Including the cities of Granite Falls and Redwood Falls 250 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...North winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Redwood and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM to 7 PM CDT Wednesday. * 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. && $$ BPH
3 follow-up statements
788 WWUS73 KMPX 190806 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 306 AM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 MNZ074-082-191615- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.250319T1200Z-250320T0000Z/ Brown-Watonwan- Including the cities of St James and New Ulm 306 AM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Brown and Watonwan Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MNZ064-073-191615- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.250319T1200Z-250320T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood- Including the cities of Redwood Falls and Granite Falls 306 AM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Redwood and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 7 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. && $$ NDC
117 WWUS73 KMPX 191813 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 113 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 MNZ091-200000- /O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-250320T0000Z/ Martin- Including the cities of Fairmont 113 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Martin County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MNZ064-073-074-082-200000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-250320T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan- Including the cities of Granite Falls, New Ulm, Redwood Falls, and St James 113 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Brown, Watonwan, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$ MPG
053 WWUS73 KMPX 192345 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 645 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 MNZ064-073-074-082-091-200045- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-250320T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Martin- Including the cities of New Ulm, Redwood Falls, St James, Granite Falls, and Fairmont 645 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The threat has ended. $$ CTG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:08 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:08 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Redwood and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:27 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Nicollet and 4 more | 29 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.