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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 31, 2006, 3:21 PM CST for 27 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 9 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2006, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 27 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Lester Prairie, MN | |
| Dec 31, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 31, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | 2 N Montrose, MN | |
| Dec 31, 3:35 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Corcoran, MN | |
| Dec 31, 3:44 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Gibbon, MN | |
| Dec 31, 3:44 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. |
| Dec 31, 3:44 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Lewisville, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | St Paul, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 8 Ene Warman, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 1 | St Paul, MN | REPORTED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY IN SOUTH HIGHLAND PARK |
| Dec 31, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | North Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 31, 4:57 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:05 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Henderson, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:18 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Henderson, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:18 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Janesville, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:18 PM CST | SNOW 7.4 | Chaska, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Edina, MN | REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN |
| Dec 31, 5:24 PM CST | SNOW 8.7 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | St Michael, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:33 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Waconia, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:40 PM CST | SNOW 9 | North Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:44 PM CST | SNOW 4 | St James, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Maple Grove, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 9.5 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 31, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Minneapolis, MN | MEASURED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Dec 31, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Annandale, MN | |
| Dec 31, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. |
| Dec 31, 6:07 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Fridley, MN | |
| Dec 31, 6:07 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Buffalo, MN | |
| Dec 31, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Minnesota Lake, MN | |
| Dec 31, 6:38 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Farmington, MN | REPORTED AT THE NWS CWSU |
| Dec 31, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Edina, MN | REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN |
| Dec 31, 6:48 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Apple Valley, MN | 3 1/4 INCHES REPORTED |
| Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Oak Park, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Brownton, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Corcoran, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | 1 Sw Delano, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:25 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | New Brighton, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Watertown, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:41 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Edina, MN | REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN |
| Dec 31, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Ramsey, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Deephaven, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:46 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Waconia, MN | REPORTED BY NOHRSC EMPLOYEE |
| Dec 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Elk River, MN | MEASUREMENT OCCURRED AT THE ELK RIVER POWER PLANT. |
| Dec 31, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | St Paul, MN | |
| Dec 31, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Burnsville, MN | REPORTED BY METEOROLOGISTS AT DTN/METEOROLOGIX |
| Dec 31, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Dec 31, 8:49 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Farmington, MN | REPORTED AT THE CWSU |
| Dec 31, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Dec 31, 9:21 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 S Farmington, MN | |
| Dec 31, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Mankato, MN | LIQUID EQUIVALENT REPORTED AT 1.07 INCHES |
| Dec 31, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Apple Valley, MN | |
| Dec 31, 9:41 PM CST | SNOW 5.7 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. |
| Dec 31, 9:41 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 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 312121 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 321 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD THROUGH FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH...AS WELL AS AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES...INCLUDING MORA AND CAMBRIDGE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR POLK...ST CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FROM LITTLE FALLS THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS. SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON HAS ACCUMULATED TO AROUND 6 INCHES. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO MANKATO. SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING WITH UP TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA. DRIVING WILL BE TREACHEROUS OVER FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW. DIFFICULT DRIVING WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA AS VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS ARE ENCOUNTERED IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE WINTER WEATHER IS IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA THAT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-010530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.061231T2121Z-070101T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 321 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING FROM MORA AND CAMBRIDGE ON SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-073-078-WIZ014-023-024-010530- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-GOODHUE-POLK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 321 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS. THE SNOW WILL END BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. RAIN AND SNOW FROM BALSAM LAKE TO RED WING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 9:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more | 26 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.