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Wind Chill Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 21, 2008, 3:15 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 21, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2008, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 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 212115 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM EARLY THIS EVENING FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO...TO OWATONNA... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH 6 PM EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES EAU CLAIRE...ST. CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AS OF 2 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REPORTED HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY EVENING. EXPECT A SLOW DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS LATER THIS EVENING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO AND OWATONNA. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILLS WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP INTO THE 25 TO 40 BELOW RANGE. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...AS WINDS REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE REALIZED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE STRONGER. TRAVEL IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS KIND OF WIND...AND COLD. MNZ073-074-082>085-091>093-220515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0005.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 315 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP...AND WINDS REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. TRAVEL IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS KIND OF WIND...COLD...AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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>045-048>053-057>063-065>070-075>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 220515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 315 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP...AND WINDS REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 2O MPH RANGE. TRAVEL IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING... MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED... DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS KIND OF WIND...AND COLD. 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. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-220515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 315 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP ONCE TONIGHT AGAIN AS TEMPERATURES DROP...AND WINDS CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 220101 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 701 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE TO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO AND OWATONNA. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILLS WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP INTO THE 25 TO 40 BELOW RANGE. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...AS WINDS REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE REALIZED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE STRONGEST. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MNZ073-074-082>085-091>093-220915- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 701 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP...AND WINDS REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-075>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-220915- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ 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- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-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... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 701 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP...AND WINDS REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 2O MPH RANGE. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 220818 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 218 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE OVERNIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND COMBINE WITH WINDS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY COLD THROUGH MONDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 5 MPH OR LESS BY MID MORNING. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MNZ073-074-082>085-091>093-221500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 218 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THIS REPLACES THE WIND CHILL WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW WILL PERSIST INTO MID MORNING MONDAY...AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINE WITH WINDS AROUND BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-075>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-221500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ 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- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-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... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 218 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID MORNING MONDAY...AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINE WITH WINDS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 220942 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 342 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TONIGHT... .VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE THROUGH MID MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS SUCH AS THESE CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...AND MOVE TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM TUESDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A ST. CLOUD...TO GLENCOE...TO KIESTER LINE. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 3 PM TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-221745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.081223T0300Z-081223T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 342 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE THROUGH MID MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS SUCH AS THESE CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...AND MOVE TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM TUESDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A ST. CLOUD...TO GLENCOE...TO KIESTER LINE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-221745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.081223T0600Z-081223T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 342 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE THROUGH MID MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS SUCH AS THESE CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...AND MOVE TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 3 PM TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LS/DWE
000 WWUS43 KMPX 221511 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 911 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY... .WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. IN WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ST. CLOUD TO ALBERT LEA...AN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 3 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ENDED. WIND CHILLS DURING THIS COLD AIR EPISODE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING DROPPED AS LOW AS 35 TO 42 BELOW IN WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 BELOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-222315- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.081223T0300Z-081223T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 911 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ENDED. WIND CHILLS DURING THIS COLD AIR EPISODE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING DROPPED AS LOW AS 35 TO 42 BELOW IN WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 BELOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-222315- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.081223T0600Z-081223T2100Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 911 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM CST TUESDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ENDED. WIND CHILLS DURING THIS COLD AIR EPISODE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING DROPPED AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 BELOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 8:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 27 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Redwood and 3 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2008Wind Chill Advisories in Wisconsin, 2008Every wind chill advisory in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.