Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 22, 2007, 8:36 AM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 22, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 14 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 22, 2007, 8:36 AM CST (14:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 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 22, 10:27 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | W Eau Claire, WI | |
| Dec 23, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Jim Falls, WI | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 23, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Chippewa Falls, WI | |
| Dec 23, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 10 N Barron, WI | |
| Dec 23, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 12 Nw Balsam Lake, WI | |
| Dec 23, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 12 N Bruce, WI | |
| Dec 23, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Ladysmith, WI | |
| Dec 23, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 10 N St Croix Falls, WI | MEASURED IN CUSHING. ACCUMULATION FROM TODAY. |
| Dec 23, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Cumberland, WI | |
| Dec 23, 4:02 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 10 N St Croix Falls, WI | MEASURED IN CUSHING. ACCUMULATION FROM TODAY. |
| Dec 23, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | Stanley, WI | |
| Dec 23, 5:22 PM CST | SNOW 6.7 | Eau Claire, WI | 0.35 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT |
| Dec 23, 7:54 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Clayton, WI | |
| Dec 23, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Luck, WI | 8.0 INCHES FOR WEEKEND TOTAL. |
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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 221436 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 836 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTRY WEATHER WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE NORTH AS THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS CLOSER TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A QUICK DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL EXIST TO THE WEST OF THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS. WIZ015-016-025>028-222245- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 836 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE NORTH AS THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST...ALONG A CUMBERLAND TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS CLOSER TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A QUICK DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL EXIST TO THE WEST OF THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS. 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. $$ WIZ014-222245- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 836 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE NORTH AS THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR AMERY AND BALSAM LAKE. A QUICK DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL EXIST TO THE WEST OF THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 222039 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 239 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. SNOW WILL RE-DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS CLOSER TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS. WIZ014>016-025>028-230445- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0006.071223T0000Z-071224T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 239 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. SNOW WILL RE-DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS CLOSER TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 230414 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1014 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS UP TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. WIZ014>016-025>028-231115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1014 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS UP TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 231022 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 422 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THE NORTH THIS MORNING AS THE SYSTEM BECOMES MUCH STRONGER. THE HIGHEST TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE...WHERE 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE FALLEN BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AMOUNTS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM ABOUT LITTLE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THESE AREAS. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. WIZ014>016-025>028-231830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 422 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...AS A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE...WHERE 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-WIZ023-024- 231830- /O.NEW.KMPX.SB.Y.0001.071223T1500Z-071224T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 422 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. AS THIS LOW PASSES TO THE EAST TODAY...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THE NORTH. SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EAST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR SO AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MDB
000 WWUS43 KMPX 231856 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1256 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. AS OF NOON TODAY...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING FIVE INCHES AT CUSHING...AND SIX INCHES AT LADYSMITH. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TONIGHT...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE NOONTIME TOTALS AROUND ONE INCH WERE COMMON FROM ST CLOUD...TO CHANHASSEN...TO OWATONNA. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS ACROSS EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THESE AREAS. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. WIZ014>016-025>028-240300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1256 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AS A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE...WHERE 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. TO THE WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-WIZ023-024- 240300- /O.CON.KMPX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-071224T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 1256 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY AS A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EAST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...TO MANKATO...TO OWATONNA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR SO AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 240037 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 637 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS OF 6 PM THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING 6.7 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE. TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TO TWO INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THESE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE FAIRLY MINOR...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35...90...AND 94. WIZ014>016-025>028-240600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 637 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS OF 6 PM THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING 6.7 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THESE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE FAIRLY MINOR...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. $$ MNZ092-093-240600- /O.EXB.KMPX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/ FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 637 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW FALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AS A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS OF 6 PM THIS EVENING...REPORTS FROM FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INDICATED POOR CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE MORE TROUBLESOME FACTOR WILL BE THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90. $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-WIZ023-024- 240600- /O.EXT.KMPX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 637 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS OF 6 PM THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED OR ESTIMATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TO TWO INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THESE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE FAIRLY MINOR...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. $$
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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.