Alert archive / Wisconsin / Snow Advisories in 2006
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Mar 5, 2006, 3:54 AM CST for 9 counties in Wisconsin; Goodhue County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 5, 2006, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2006, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2006, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 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 050954 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 AM CST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA. .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WISCONSIN WILL BRING 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR THESE AREAS. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE RED WING...ELLSWORTH...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...MENOMONIE...LADYSMITH...BLOOMER AND EAU CLAIRE. MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-051800- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.060305T1200Z-060306T0000Z/ 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 354 AM CST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. FOUR TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRAVERSES THE REGION. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE RED WING...ELLSWORTH...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...MENOMONIE... LADYSMITH...BLOOMER AND EAU CLAIRE. 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. $$ RAH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 051849 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1249 PM CST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA... .SNOW HAD EXPANDED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND A HEAVY BAND OF SNOW WAS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES OF 1...TO NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THIS BAND OF SNOW. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES BY EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS EAST OF A LINE FROM AMERY TO DURAND. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. EXPECT A DECREASING TREND TO THE SNOW IN AREAS WEST OF AMERY...DURAND...AND RED WING DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BE PASSING FROM NORTHEAST IOWA INTO FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060306T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1249 PM CST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRAVERSES THE REGION. ISOLATED AREAS MAY PICK UP 6 INCHES OF SNOW EAST OF BLOOMER AND ELLSWORTH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE RED WING...ELLSWORTH...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... MENOMONIE... LADYSMITH...BLOOMER AND EAU CLAIRE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 052134 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 334 PM CST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SNOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED FROM RICE LAKE TOWARD AMERY TODAY. AMOUNTS MORE IN THE 4 INCH RANGE ACCUMULATED AROUND DURAND ...ELLWORTH...BALDWIN AND SOMERSET. LITTLE ADDITIONAL AACCUMULATIONIS EXPECTED NEAR THE ST. CROIX RIVER. HOWEVER...ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY FALL YET BEFORE 6 PM AROUND EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... AND LADYSMITH. THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WHICH BROUGHT THE SNOW WAS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT MID AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER AROUND 6 PM. MNZ078-WIZ014-023-024-052245- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060306T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 334 PM CST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ONLY FLURRIES MIXED WITH SOME DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO FALL THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE WEATHER SYSTEM RANGED FROM 2 TO AROUND 4 INCHES. $$ WIZ015-016-025>028-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 334 PM CST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL BRING TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE IN MANY LOCATIONS. SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND RICE LAKE...MENOMONIE AND DURAND BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER 6 PM FROM LADYSMITH TO CHIPPEWA FALLS TO EAU CLAIRE. EXPECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE LIGHT SNOW INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT WILL LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
Nearby
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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.