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Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Dec 14, 2008, 5:44 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 18 hr. 11 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 14, 2008, 5:44 AM CST (11:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 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 14, 8:13 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 14, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Granite Falls, MN | |
| Dec 14, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Cyrus, MN | |
| Dec 14, 10:03 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Donnelly, MN | VERY WINDY. BLOWING...DRIFTING...DIFFICULT TO MEASURE. |
| Dec 14, 10:26 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 Wsw Madison, MN | |
| Dec 14, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 N Lowry, MN | |
| Dec 14, 11:03 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 14, 12:27 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Glenwood, MN | |
| Dec 14, 12:43 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Carlos, MN | |
| Dec 14, 4:02 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Murdock, MN | GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS |
| Dec 14, 8:37 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Glenwood, MN |
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 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 141144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT GIVING WAY TO SEVERE WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT.. .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE. ADDITIONAL CITIES INCLUDED ARE APPLETON...MADISON...AND MORRIS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MORA...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT THAT INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO CAMBRIDGE IN MINNESOTA AND THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS AREA...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING. ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MORA TO ST. CLOUD TOWARDS WILLMAR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST IN THE ADVISORY AREA...MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING WITHIN THIS AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE MINNESOTA ADVISORY AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. MNZ041-047-048-141945- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.081214T1144Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS AREA...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. 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. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. 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. $$ MNZ054>056-064-141945- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.081214T1144Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS AREA...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. 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. 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. $$ MNZ049-050-057-141945- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...ACCUMULATING SNOW OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM ST. CLOUD TOWARDS WILLMAR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-141945- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...ACCUMULATING SNOW OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MILLE LACS AND KANABEC COUNTIES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ042-043-141945- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...ACCUMULATING SNOW OF SEVEN TO TEN INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS TODD AND MORRISON COUNTIES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WIND ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. $$ MNZ051-058-059-065-073-141945- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-141945- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. 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. $$ WIZ014>016-141945- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ052-053-141945- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 141744 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT GIVING WAY TO SEVERE WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT.. .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE. ADDITIONAL CITIES INCLUDED ARE APPLETON...MADISON...AND MORRIS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT... INCLUDING LITTLE FALLS... MORA... ST. CLOUD... WILLMAR... AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT THAT INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO CAMBRIDGE IN MINNESOTA AND THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN RESPONSE... HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR... MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS AREA... THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG... POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING. ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM NEAR LONG PRAIRIE EAST THROUGH LITTLE FALLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST IN THE ADVISORY AREA... SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD TO MONTICELLO. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE MINNESOTA ADVISORY AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-150145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN RESPONSE... HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR... MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS AREA... THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG... POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. 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. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. 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. $$ MNZ042-043-049-050-057-150145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN RESPONSE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM NEAR LONG PRAIRIE EAST THROUGH LITTLE FALLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-150145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN RESPONSE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ051-058-059-065-073-150145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN RESPONSE... SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD TO MONTICELLO. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. $$ MNZ052-053-WIZ014>016-150145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN RESPONSE... SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... PRIMARILY IN MINNESOTA FROM NEAR CAMBRIDGE TO RUSH CITY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-150145- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. 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. $$ TRH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 142228 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHILE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL YIELD TO VERY COLD CHILLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BEFORE MIDNIGHT BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...MORA... MILACA...AND WILLMAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY MIDNIGHT...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE FAIRMONT AND ST. JAMES ARE WITH WIND CHILLS REACH 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THIS BITE OF WINTER WEATHER WAS JUST EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES AT 3 PM. IT WILL LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR BY MIDNIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-150630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ALONG BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. 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. $$ MNZ042-057-150630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ TODD-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...WILLMAR 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ065-073-150630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ074-082-091-150630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0012.081215T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW THIS EVENING WILL REACH 40 BELOW BY MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. 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. 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. $$ MNZ043-049-050-150630- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ044-045-150630- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY 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. $$ MNZ052-053-WIZ014>016-150630- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ023>028-150630- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY MAY ALSO BE REDUCED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE 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. $$ MNZ075-083>085-092-093-150630- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0000Z-081215T1800Z/ NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ051-058-059-150630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. $$ MNZ060>063-066>070-076>078-150630- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 150020 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHILE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL YIELD TO VERY COLD CHILLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...MORA... MILACA...AND WILLMAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AN INCH OR TWO OF FLUFFY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE FAIRMONT AND ST. JAMES ARE WITH WIND CHILLS REACH 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THIS BITE OF WINTER WEATHER WAS LOCATED NEAR RHINELANDER WISCONSIN AT 6 PM. IT WILL LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER LAKE SUPERIOR BY MIDNIGHT. MNZ074-082-091-150830- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL. WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW THIS EVENING WILL REACH 40 BELOW BY MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-150830- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ALONG BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ042-057-150830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ TODD-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...WILLMAR 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ043>045-049-050-150830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ065-073-150830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ060>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ023>028-150830- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ075-083>085-092-093-150830- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T1800Z/ NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY 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. $$ MNZ051>053-058-059-WIZ014>016-150830- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH 620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 150353 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHILE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL YIELD TO VERY COLD CHILLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...MORA... MILACA...AND WILLMAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AN INCH OR TWO OF FLUFFY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE FAIRMONT AND ST. JAMES AREA. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 25 TO 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA INTO MONDAY MORNING AND WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THIS BITE OF WINTER WEATHER WAS LOCATED OVER THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AT 9 PM. IT WILL LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER CANADA BY MONDAY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-151200- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081215T0600Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ042-057-151200- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081215T0600Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ TODD-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...WILLMAR 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ043>045-049-050-151200- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081215T0600Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. $$ MNZ074-082-091-151200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ARE EXPECTED INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING WITH 1 TO 2 INCH ACCUMULATION. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ065-073-151200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ075-083>085-092-093-151200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T1800Z/ NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ051>053-058-059-WIZ014>016-151200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. $$ MNZ060>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ023>028-151200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 5:44 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 42 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:28 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 8 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:28 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 112 min |
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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.