Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2005
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2005, 10:15 PM CST for 20 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 17 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
- Dec 29, 2005, 10:15 PM CST (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 300415 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1015 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND DEVELOPING OVER OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS UPGRADED THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WAS OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY LITTLE OVER AN INCH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE REPORTED OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...LITCHFIELD TO MORA. ELSEWHERE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WILL TRACK EAST OVER THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND NOT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH NEAR 8 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ELSEWHERE...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY IN THE 3 TO 6 RANGE. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. MOTORISTS CAN ANTICIPATE SOME TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY THOSE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-301215- /O.UPG.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.051230T0415Z-051230T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1015 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THIS WARNING CANCELS THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 6 TO 8 INCHES RANGE...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. $$ MNZ044-045-051-059-066-301215- /O.UPG.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0600Z-051230T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.051230T0415Z-051230T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 1015 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 6 TO 7 INCH RANGE. THESE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074>077-301215- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0600Z-051230T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 1015 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 4 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-301215- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0900Z-051231T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1015 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN THIS SAME AREA...THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN SUNRISE FRIDAY THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-301215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051230T1800Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1015 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 300511 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND DEVELOPING OVER OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS UPGRADED THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WAS OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY LITTLE OVER AN INCH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE REPORTED OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...LITCHFIELD TO MORA. ELSEWHERE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WILL TRACK EAST OVER THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND NOT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH NEAR 8 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ELSEWHERE...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY IN THE 3 TO 6 RANGE. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. MOTORISTS CAN ANTICIPATE SOME TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY THOSE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. MNZ082>085-091>093-301315- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051230T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0511Z-051230T1800Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-301315- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 6 TO 8 INCHES RANGE...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074>077-301315- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0511Z-051230T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 4 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-301315- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0900Z-051231T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN THIS SAME AREA...THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN SUNRISE FRIDAY THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 300956 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY...TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO BUFFALO...AND REDWOOD FALLS. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND MOVED ACROSS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. AS OF 1 AM FRIDAY...UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN IN THESE AREAS. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO 4 INCHES NEAR MANKATO AND LITCHFIELD. SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT DURING THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...EXCEPT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WHERE LIGHTER AMOUNTS WILL PREVAIL. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOTORISTS CAN ANTICIPATE SOME TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY THOSE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-301800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO BUFFALO...TO REDWOOD FALLS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-301800- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 4 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-301800- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051231T0300Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 301748 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY...TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO BUFFALO... TO REDWOOD FALLS. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF MILE...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS AS OF 10 AM INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR THE EVENT HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHERE 8 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN WEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO WILLMAR LINE. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ACCUMULATIONS WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...AROUND AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY MORNING...WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE LOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-302100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-302100- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 3 TO 7 INCHES BY MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-310200- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051231T0300Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SCHMIT
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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.