Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2005
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Nov 28, 2005, 2:44 PM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2005, 2:44 PM CST (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2005, 4:28 AM CST
- In force
- 14 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 20:46 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, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 282044 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO BENSON...TO GRANITE FALLS. IN ADDITION TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE ON TAP FOR TONIGHT. SNOW TOTALS MAY REACH NINE INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING AT BOTH MADISON AND MORRIS. FARTHER EAST...AROUND ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...AND GLENWOOD...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN POSTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...EXCEEDING 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE VERY POOR AT TIMES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...AND SAINT CLOUD. IN THESE AREAS A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. THE WINTER WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LATE THIS AFTERNOON...TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IN OUTSTATE MINNESOTA IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. MNZ047-054>056-064-290445- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.051128T2044Z-051129T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD... MORRIS... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO BENSON...TO GRANITE FALLS. IN ADDITION TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE ON TAP FOR TONIGHT. SNOW TOTALS MAY REACH NINE INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING AT BOTH MADISON AND MORRIS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ041-042-048-290445- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD 244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD... MORRIS... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS. WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...AND GLENWOOD...REMAIN UNDER WINTER STORM WARNINGS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...EXCEEDING 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE VERY POOR AT TIMES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ053-060>063-068>070-076-077-082>085-091>093-290445- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.051129T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...AND CAMBRIDGE. IN THESE AREAS A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ043-049-050-057-058-065-073-290445- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...ST CLOUD... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...AND REDWOOD FALLS. A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ044-045-051-052-059-066-067-074-075-290445- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.051129T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN- NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER 244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THERE WILL ALSO BE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH/RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 290321 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO BENSON...TO GRANITE FALLS. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY STRONG WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN MANY AREAS... ESPECIALLY WHEN VENTURING BEYOND THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 5 ABOVE. ELSEWHERE...THE AREA FROM ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD TO LONG PRAIRIE AND STAPLES REMAINS UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE VERY POOR AT TIMES. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...AND SAINT CLOUD. RAIN WAS GIVING WAY TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW...AND ALL AREAS WILL BE SEEING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR TO LAKE MILLE LACS...WITH ONE OR TWO INCHES ELSEWHERE. THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON SIDEWALKS AND UNTREATED ROADS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO HAVE OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...DUE TO GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. THE WINTER WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL TONIGHT...IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. MNZ047-054>056-064-291130- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...APPLETON... MADISON...CANBY AND GRANITE FALLS. SNOWFALL OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY FIERCE WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WINDS WILL VERY SLOWLY BEGIN DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WELL. HOWEVER...GUSTS SHOULD STILL BE OVER 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN OPEN COUNTRY FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ MNZ041-042-048-291130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD 921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...STAPLES...ALEXANDRIA... GLENWOOD AND STARBUCK. SNOWFALL OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS IN OPEN AREAS. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-291130- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LITTLE FALLS...MORA...ST CLOUD... WILLMAR...REDWOOD FALLS...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...MANKATO...FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN HAD CHANGED TO SNOW FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. AS THE COLD AIR MOVES EAST...THE EVENING RAIN IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TO SNOW. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO ENVELOP THE AREA. SOME BURSTS OF SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE STRONG WIND...CAUSING OCCASIONAL VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM EAST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ESPECIALLY FROM WILLMAR TO LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS...SO SLOW DOWN AND BE CAREFUL USING THE BRAKE PEDAL. $$ TDK
000 WWUS43 KMPX 291028 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN THIS TUESDAY MORNING... .SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN ASSOCIATION WITH DEEP LOW PRESSURE SITUATED OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT PROBLEMS THROUGH MID-MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ...CONSIDERABLE GLAZING OCCURRED OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLEN POWER LINES. AREA HIGHWAYS IN MUCH OF THIS AREA ARE REPORTED TO BE IN EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS CONDITION. FURTHER EAST...SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH EARLIER FREEZING PRECIPITATION ALSO HAS RESULTED IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE A PROBLEM IN OPEN AREAS OF OUTSTATE MINNESOTA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING. MNZ047-054>056-064-291600- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BS.Y.0001.051129T1028Z-051129T1600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. CONSIDER CANCELING OR DELAYING TRAVEL THIS MORNING AS FREEZING RAIN FROM LAST EVENING HAS RESULTED IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN SOME AREAS...POWER LINES AND POLES ARE REPORTED DOWN DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. $$ MNZ041-042-048-291600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD 428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDMORNING ALONG WITH EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN SOME AREAS...FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED YESTERDAY WHICH HAS GLAZED AREA HIGHWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ073-074-082-083-091>093-291600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BS.Y.0001.051129T1028Z-051129T1600Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING...SO CONSIDER DELAYING UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-075>077-084-085-291600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... WASECA...OWATONNA 428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MID-MORNING WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED. WATER FROM RAINFALL LAST EVENING HAS FROZEN UNDER THE NEW SNOWFALL CAUSING EXTREMELY SLIPPERY STRETCHES OF HIGHWAY. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS...SO SLOW DOWN AND BE CAREFUL USING THE BRAKE PEDAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 4:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 30 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.