Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2008
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Jan 29, 2008, 10:53 AM CST for Freeborn County, Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 7 hr. 6 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
- Jan 29, 2008, 10:53 AM CST (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Geneva, MN | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED DUE TO DIFFICULTY OF MEASURING SNOW IN SUCH STRONG WIND. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/8 MILE IN SHELTERED AREA WHERE SPOTTER LIVES. DEPUTY SHERIFF REPORTS TERRIBLE CONDITIONS IN FREEBORN COUNTY WITH VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS SOMETIMES NOT EVEN 20 F |
| Jan 29, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Wanamingo, MN | |
| Jan 29, 12:35 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Owatonna, MN | VISIBILITY SOMETIMES ONLY 100 FEET IN BLOWING SNOW OUTSIDE OF OWATONNA. INTERSTATE 35 CLOSED FROM OWATONNA TO ALBERT LEA PER MNDOT WEB SITE. |
| Jan 29, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Pine Island, MN | ZERO VISIBILITY OUTSIDE TOWN. |
| Jan 29, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Albert Lea, MN | SNOW HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES. VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS STILL OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Jan 29, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 S Geneva, MN | VISIBILITY 1/8 MILE |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 291653 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1053 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...CONTINUING SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FREEBORN...STEELE...AND GOODHUE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA WHERE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARDS THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WISCONSIN. AS MUCH AS THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE U.S. HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH HAVE GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION AND THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE THE GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS HAS GENERATED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE BRIEFLY BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS PORTION OF MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND PERSIST INTO MID-AFTERNOON ALONG INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER AND EASTWARD TOWARDS RED WING. THEREFORE A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FREEBORN...STEELE...AND GOODHUE COUNTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 IN MINNESOTA. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. MNZ078-085-093-300115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.080129T1653Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1053 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH HAVE GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION AND THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS HAS GENERATED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE BRIEFLY BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS AREA OF MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND PERSIST INTO MID-AFTERNOON ALONG INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER AND EASTWARD TOWARDS RED WING. THEREFORE A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE COUNTIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-WIZ014>016-023>028- 300115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1053 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARDS THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WISCONSIN. AS MUCH AS THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE U.S. HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH HAVE GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION AND THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THESE WIND SPEEDS. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 292051 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...CONTINUING SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS PERSIST... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR FREEBORN...STEELE...AND GOODHUE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA WHERE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SOME AREA HIGHWAYS MAY DRIFT SHUT. A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM CST FOR FREEBORN...STEELE AND GOODHUE COUNTIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...OVER SOUTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 40 TO MINUS 45 CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WINDS CONTINUE AND TEMPERATURES DROP OFF. WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES MEAN THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-300500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0002.080129T2051Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...OVER SOUTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 40 TO MINUS 45 CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WINDS CONTINUE AND TEMPERATURES DROP OFF. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ051>053-059>069-073>075-082-091-WIZ014-300500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080129T2015Z-080130T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS REMAINED OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TODAY...BUT BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON GUSTY WINDS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE AREA HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ078-085-093-300500- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. EVEN WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ABATING LATE TODAY...BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL FOLLOW THE BLIZZARD WARNING AFTER 6 PM AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ070-076-077-083-084-092-WIZ015-016-023>028-300500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-FARIBAULT-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... MANKATO...WASECA...BLUE EARTH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. NOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL WIND DOWN RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...BITTER ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY ON STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL TRANSITION INTO A WIND CHILL ADVISORY OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WET/MTF
000 WWUS43 KMPX 300012 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS IN THESE AREAS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL BE OCCUR. WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES MEAN THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. MNZ078-085-093-300815- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED IN THE RED WING...OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA AREAS. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW WILL OCCUR. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ070-076-077-083-084-092-WIZ015-016-023>028-300815- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-FARIBAULT-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... MANKATO...WASECA...BLUE EARTH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW WILL OCCUR. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-300815- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ051>053-059>069-073>075-082-091-WIZ014-300815- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:37 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:51 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 21 hr |
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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.