Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Warnings in 2006
Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill warning at Feb 17, 2006, 8:57 AM CST for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 17, 2006, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 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
- Feb 17, 2006, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2006, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2006, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 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 171508 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 857 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS TODAY... .ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD PLUMMETED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR ALEXANDRIA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WERE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS OF 38 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARNING AREA IS ROUGHLY NORTH OF A PROVIDENCE TO COSMOS LINE...AND WEST OF VINELAND TO ST CLOUD TO KINGSTON. THIS REGION WILL REVERT BACK TO A WIND CHILL ADVISORY AFTER 1 PM CST AND EXTEND TO 5 PM CST. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 45 BELOW CAN BE ANTICIPATED. THE MOST DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE FOUND OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE VALUES COULD APPROACH 45 BELOW ZERO. ENSURE YOU HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL ACROSS GREATER MINNESOTA TODAY. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-171900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0001.060217T1457Z-060217T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.060217T1900Z-060217T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 857 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 30 TO MINUS 45 TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-172300- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T2300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 857 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 30 TO MINUS 45 TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ AZ
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 171927 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 127 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON... .ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON REMAIN IN THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS TO MID TEENS BELOW ZERO ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ELSEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS IN 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE REGION WERE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO ABOUT 12 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 40 BELOW CAN STILL BE ANTICIPATED. ENSURE YOU HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL ACROSS GREATER MINNESOTA TODAY. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-172300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T1900Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 127 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 25 TO MINUS 40 THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-172300- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T2300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 127 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 30 TO MINUS 45 TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 172109 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 309 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON... .COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON REMAIN IN THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO MID TEENS BELOW ZERO ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ELSEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TEMPERATURES WERE AVERAGING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS IN 12 TO 15 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE REGION WERE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS...FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO ABOUT 12 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 40 BELOW SHOULD STILL BE ANTICIPATED. ENSURE YOU HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL ACROSS GREATER MINNESOTA TODAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 180515- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T0600Z/ 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 309 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 25 TO MINUS 40 THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO THE MID TEENS BELOW ZERO ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL PLUNGE INTO THE NEGATIVE 10 TO LOWER 20S BELOW ZERO BY THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. AS THIS OCCURS WESTERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 10 MPH. WIND CHILL VALUES HOWEVER...WILL STILL REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS NEGATIVE 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ AZ
000 WWUS43 KMPX 180241 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 841 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A BITTER ARCTIC AIRMASS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN ON NORTHWEST WIND OF 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY DROP OFF TO NEAR 10 MPH LATE TONIGHT...WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST ARE EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK ON SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF EXPECTED WIND SPEED WITH THE EXTREME COLD AND WILL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 INTO MIDMORNING ON SATURDAY. THEREFORE...WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN WISCONSIN HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. ENSURE YOU HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL ACROSS GREATER MINNESOTA TODAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 181045- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T1600Z/ 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 841 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 35 TO MINUS 40 THROUGH SUNRISE...AND FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 FROM SUNRISE THROUGH ABOUT 10 AM CST ON SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 181017 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 417 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING... .WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS CHILLS WILL BE PRODUCED BY THE COMBINATION OF BELOW ZERO AIR TEMPERATURES AND A WEST WIND OF 5 TO 15 MPH. THEREFORE...WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN WISCONSIN REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS SATURDAY MORNING. ENSURE YOU HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL ACROSS GREATER MINNESOTA TODAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 181600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T1600Z/ 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 417 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 15 TO MINUS 35 THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ RJN
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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.