URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010
…EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY…
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH…WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY…AS A
POTENT FALL STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER MINNESOTA. OPEN AREAS AND
LOCATIONS OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER TERRAIN ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE THE
HIGHER WINDS. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT DIMINISHING OF WINDS TUESDAY
NIGHT…BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN
ADDITION…SCATTERED SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY COULD HELP TO TRANSPORT
STRONG WINDS TO THE SURFACE.
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ALEXANDRIA…LONG PRAIRIE…
LITTLE FALLS…PRINCETON…MORA…MORRIS…GLENWOOD…ST. CLOUD…
FOLEY…ELK RIVER…CAMBRIDGE…CENTER CITY…MADISON…BENSON…
MONTEVIDEO…WILLMAR…LITCHFIELD…MONTICELLO…MINNEAPOLIS…
BLAINE…ST. PAUL…STILLWATER…GRANITE FALLS…OLIVIA…
HUTCHINSON…GAYLORD…CHASKA…SHAKOPEE…BURNSVILLE…
REDWOOD FALLS…NEW ULM…ST. PETER…LE SUEUR…FARIBAULT…
RED WING…ST. JAMES…MANKATO…WASECA…OWATONNA…FAIRMONT…
BLUE EARTH…ALBERT LEA…AMERY…BALSAM LAKE…RICE LAKE…
BARRON…LADYSMITH…HUDSON…NEW RICHMOND…RIVER FALLS…
PRESCOTT…MENOMONIE…BOYCEVILLE…DURAND…PEPIN…
CHIPPEWA FALLS…BLOOMER…EAU CLAIRE…ALTOONA
358 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A HIGH WIND WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO
7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING…WEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND
LAST AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS…SUSTAINED WEST WINDS COULD REACH 30 TO 40 MPH…WITH
GUSTS BETWEEN 55 TO 60 MPH ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. OPEN
AREAS OR LOCATIONS OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER TERRAIN ARE VULNERABLE
TO THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS.
* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES OR CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES. DRIVING MAY BECOME
CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES…AND LOOSE OUTDOOR
OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
St. Cloud Area Weather 