Alert archive / Minnesota / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Dec 8, 2007, 3:27 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 8, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2007, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2007, 3:32 AM 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 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 1199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 080927 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 327 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE IS FAVORABLE FOR THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH POSSIBLE AMOUNTS TO NEAR SIX INCHES UNDER BRIEF HEAVY SNOW BANDS. THOUGH LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA...ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO START UNTIL EARLY IN THE EVENING. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS ENDING JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ENCOMPASSES AN AREA ROUGHLY SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 14...OR ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COMFREY TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90. TRAVELING WITHIN THIS AREA TONIGHT MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATION AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MNZ082>085-091>093-081730- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.071209T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 327 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE IS FAVORABLE FOR THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH POSSIBLE AMOUNTS TO NEAR SIX INCHES UNDER BRIEF HEAVY SNOW BANDS. THOUGH LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA...ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO START UNTIL EARLY IN THE EVENING. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS ENDING JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. 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...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 081635 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1035 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...MORE SNOW ON THE WAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AN INCREASE IN HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH ENOUGH LIFT FOR A THREE TO FOUR INCHES SNOWFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO START UNTIL THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ADVISORY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ENCOMPASSES AN AREA ROUGHLY SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 14...OR ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COMFREY TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90. TRAVELING WITHIN THIS AREA TONIGHT MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATION AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MNZ082>085-091>093-090045- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.071209T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1035 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AN INCREASE IN HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH ENOUGH LIFT FOR A THREE TO FOUR INCHES SNOWFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO START UNTIL THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON. 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...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 082336 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 536 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM ST. JAMES...MANKATO AND OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. EARLY THIS EVENING...SNOW WAS FALLING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA. THE SNOW WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE SNOW OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL EXPAND TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. TRAVELERS WILL FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL BE ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES FORECAST. SNOW ACCUMULATION FARTHER NORTH IN THE ST. JAMES...MANKATO AND OWATONNA AREAS WILL BE UP TO 3 INCHES. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH QUICKLY TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ082>085-091>093-090745- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.071209T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 536 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL BE ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES FORECAST. SNOW ACCUMULATION FARTHER NORTH...IN THE ST. JAMES...MANKATO AND OWATONNA AREAS WILL BE UP TO 3 INCHES. TRAVELERS WILL FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE. 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...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 090456 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1056 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...A LITTLE MORE SNOW FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM ST. JAMES...MANKATO AND OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. OBSERVATIONS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING THE EVENING IN A BAND STRETCHING FROM CEYLON ON NORTHEAST THROUGH BLUE EARTH...WELLS... ELLENDALE...STEELE CENTER AND BLOOMING PRAIRIE. AT 1055 PM...SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALTHOUGH NOT AT THE PACE THAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE EVENING. RADAR INDICATED A NEW BAND OF SNOW FORMING FROM WINDOM THROUGH ST. JAMES. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO MANKATO BY MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE AND PRIMARILY FROM ST. JAMES ON EASTWARD TO OWATONNA. THE SNOW SHOULD BE OVER BY SUNDAY MORNING BUT MAY RETURN FOR A TIME SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MNZ082>085-091>093-091200- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1056 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT NOT AT THE PACE SEEN DURING THE EVENING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. 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...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 090932 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 332 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE INTO THE DAY TODAY...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER ONE HALF INCH. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS STILL MAY EXIST THROUGH DAYBREAK DUE TO THE SNOW THAT FELL EARLIER SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT WERE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR AND A HALF INCHES. MNZ082>085-091>093-091045- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 332 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE INTO THE DAY SUNDAY...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER ONE HALF INCH. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS STILL MAY EXIST THROUGH DAYBREAK DUE TO THE SNOW THAT FELL EARLIER SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT WERE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR AND A HALF INCHES. $$ WFO MPX
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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.