Alert archive / Minnesota / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Feb 12, 2007, 4:22 AM CST for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 12, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2007, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 3:47 AM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 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 121022 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 422 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING...AND WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE REGION WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ064-073>075-082>084-091>093-121830- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.070213T0000Z-070213T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 422 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EVENING... SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY 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. $$ DWE/JPR
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 121836 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1236 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING .LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN SPREADING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS DURING THE MORNING AND WILL ADVANCE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. THEREFORE...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE REGION WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ064-073>075-082>084-091>093-130245- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.070213T0000Z-070213T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1236 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EVENING... SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 122046 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 246 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL ADVANCE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. A COUPLE OF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN PLACES SUCH AS CANBY...DAWSON...AND APPLETON. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE REGION WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ064-073>075-082>084-091>093-130500- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.070213T0000Z-070213T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 246 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EVENING... SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130045 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 645 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .SNOW OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL ADVANCE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST TUESDAY MORNING...THEN END BY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. A COUPLE OF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN PLACES SUCH AS CANBY...DAWSON...AND APPLETON. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ064-073>075-082>084-091>093-130845- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 645 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT AND SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY MORNING...THEN END BY AFTERNOON. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 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 130328 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 928 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... .SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST TUESDAY MORNING...THEN END BY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AROUND 3 INCHES...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN PLACES SUCH AS CANBY...DAWSON...AND APPLETON. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL REACH TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ064-073>075-082>084-091>093-131130- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 928 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST TUESDAY MORNING...THEN END BY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND THREE INCHES IS LIKELY BY NOON TUESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO THROUGH MANKATO TO ALBERT LEA. HENCE...A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 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. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130947 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 347 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST OVER IOWA TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD REMAIN WELL SOUTH AND WEST OF MINNESOTA. THUS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY NOON WILL BE BASICALLY FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION...NEAR AND ALONG THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER. ONLY A LIGHT DUSTING OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. MNZ064-073>075-082>084-091>093-131100- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 347 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST OVER IOWA TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD REMAIN WELL SOUTH AND WEST OF MINNESOTA. THUS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY NOON WILL BE BASICALLY FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION...NEAR AND ALONG THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER. ONLY A LIGHT DUSTING OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. $$
Nearby
Snow Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Every snow advisory in 2007
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.