URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
341 AM CDT WED OCT 20 2010
…STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON…
.A COLD FRONT WILL BE SURGING SOUTHEAST INTO MINNESOTA TODAY…
REACHING THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT AN
INCREASE IN NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT…BEGINNING
FIRST IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA…AND THEN SPREADING SOUTHEAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 30 MPH
WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG
PRAIRIE…TO ST CLOUD…TO WASECA.
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ALEXANDRIA…LONG PRAIRIE…MORRIS…
GLENWOOD…ST. CLOUD…MADISON…BENSON…MONTEVIDEO…WILLMAR…
LITCHFIELD…GRANITE FALLS…OLIVIA…HUTCHINSON…GAYLORD…
REDWOOD FALLS…NEW ULM…ST. PETER…LE SUEUR…ST. JAMES…
MANKATO…WASECA…OWATONNA…FAIRMONT…BLUE EARTH…ALBERT LEA
341 AM CDT WED OCT 20 2010
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING.
* TIMING…BEGINNING FIRST IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND
NOON…THEN REACHING SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID AFTERNOON.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS…BRIEF DIFFICULT DRIVING ALONG WEST-EAST ROADS. SMALL
OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
St. Cloud Area Weather 