Alert archive / Minnesota / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Jan 21, 2007, 2:09 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 21, 2007, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2007, 2:09 AM CST (08:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2007, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2007, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 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 210809 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 209 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRAVELS FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE REGION TO ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR ST JAMES TO OWATONNA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE...FAIRMONT...ALBERT LEA OWATONNA...WASECA AND ST JAMES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH NOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MNZ082>085-091>093-211615- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.070121T1000Z-070121T2000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 209 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY THROUGH THE MORNING. THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA. SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF QUICKLY AFTER NOON. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 211337 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 737 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TODAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES TO OWATONNA. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS OCCURRING ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS WERE COMMON FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THESE AREAS. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM... WITH THE SNOW DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY THROUGH NOON. EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. THE SNOW THIS MORNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM KANSAS. MNZ082>085-091>093-212000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T2000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 737 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA. SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF QUICKLY AFTER NOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 211648 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1048 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TODAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES TO OWATONNA. SNOW WAS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. VISIBILITIES HAD IMPROVED TO AROUND A MILE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH 1030 AM...INDICATE 5 INCH AMOUNTS FROM KIESTER THROUGH ALBERT LEA. THREE INCH ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN WELLS... WINNEBAGO AND ST JAMES...WITH 2 INCHES AROUND MANKATO. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH. THE SNOW TODAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM MISSOURI. MNZ082>085-091>093-212000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T2000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1048 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BUT THE SNOW WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL SNOWFALL OVER THE REGION INTO THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE...MAINLY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. 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
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.