Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Warnings in 2008
Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill warning at Jan 29, 2008, 2:51 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2008, 2:51 PM CST (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 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 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.9 | Eau Claire, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 292051 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...CONTINUING SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS PERSIST... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR FREEBORN...STEELE...AND GOODHUE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA WHERE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SOME AREA HIGHWAYS MAY DRIFT SHUT. A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM CST FOR FREEBORN...STEELE AND GOODHUE COUNTIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...OVER SOUTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 40 TO MINUS 45 CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WINDS CONTINUE AND TEMPERATURES DROP OFF. WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES MEAN THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-300500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0002.080129T2051Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...OVER SOUTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 40 TO MINUS 45 CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WINDS CONTINUE AND TEMPERATURES DROP OFF. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ051>053-059>069-073>075-082-091-WIZ014-300500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080129T2015Z-080130T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS REMAINED OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TODAY...BUT BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON GUSTY WINDS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE AREA HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ078-085-093-300500- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. EVEN WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ABATING LATE TODAY...BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL FOLLOW THE BLIZZARD WARNING AFTER 6 PM AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ070-076-077-083-084-092-WIZ015-016-023>028-300500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.080130T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-FARIBAULT-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... MANKATO...WASECA...BLUE EARTH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 251 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. NOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL WIND DOWN RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...BITTER ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY ON STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL TRANSITION INTO A WIND CHILL ADVISORY OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WET/MTF
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 300012 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS IN THESE AREAS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL BE OCCUR. WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES MEAN THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. MNZ078-085-093-300815- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED IN THE RED WING...OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA AREAS. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW WILL OCCUR. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ070-076-077-083-084-092-WIZ015-016-023>028-300815- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-FARIBAULT-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... MANKATO...WASECA...BLUE EARTH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW WILL OCCUR. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-300815- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ051>053-059>069-073>075-082-091-WIZ014-300815- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 612 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 300158 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 758 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROST BITE. MNZ051>053-059>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 301000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...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 758 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUE TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-301000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 758 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUE TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 300900 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING... .BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 BELOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...WHERE A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURING AS BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINE WITH A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...MAKE SURE TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROST BITE. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 301800- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...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 300 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ LS
000 WWUS43 KMPX 301756 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1156 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND WIND CHILLS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE... .THE WIND CHILL WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY HOWEVER...WITH SOME COMMUNITIES NOT REACHING AN ACTUAL TEMPERATURE OF ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO WERE OBSERVED LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS IN THE IMMEDIATE REGION WERE 45 BELOW ZERO IN ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 41 BELOW WERE OBSERVED IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. AT RICE LAKE WISCONSIN...THE WIND CHILL DROPPED TO 44 BELOW ZERO AT 4 AM...THE LOWEST IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 301900- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...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 1156 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY HOWEVER...WITH SOME COMMUNITIES NOT REACHING AN ACTUAL TEMPERATURE OF ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO WERE OBSERVED LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS IN THE IMMEDIATE REGION WERE 45 BELOW ZERO IN ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 41 BELOW WERE OBSERVED IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. AT RICE LAKE WISCONSIN...THE WIND CHILL DROPPED TO 44 BELOW ZERO AT 4 AM...THE LOWEST IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. $$ MTF
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill warning went out at Jan 29, 12:35 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 12:35 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1235 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
.UPDATE...
STRONG UPPER LOW SEEN OVER IA ON LATEST GOES WV LOOP HAS DEVELOPED
TIGHT FRONTOGENETIC FORCED BAND ON ITS MOIST UPGLIDE. RUC
PARAMETERS ON CROSS SECTIONS THROUGH THE SNOW BAND INDICATE
INSTABILITY ALOFT THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON...WHICH THEN RAPIDLY
DECREASES AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHIFTS EASTWARD THROUGH THE
REGION. THIS BAND OF SNOW IS FALLING INTO THE BOUNDARY LAYER
ARCTIC AIR MASS AND TOGETHER WITH THE LOW LEVEL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
HAS LED TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN ALBERTA LEA AND NEARBY
COMMUNITIES. INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THERE HAS BEEN DISPLACEMENT
OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW SOUTHEAST OF THE GREATEST ECHOS ON RADAR DUE
TO THE STRONG LOW LEVEL NORTHWEST WINDS. SO HAVE REALLY CUT BACK
POPS NORTH AND WEST OF THE SYSTEM...INCLUDING OVER THE TWIN CITIES
THIS AFTN. TEMPS CONTINUE TO FALL AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO 40
BELOW RANGE CURRENTLY OCCURRING. SOME ISOLATED -40 TO -45 WIND
CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE HIGHER GROUNDS NEAR ALEXANDRIA.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 530 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008/
LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SHARPEN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF
THE NATION TDA. A FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH FAST
MOVING SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MOVING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. IN THE MEANTIME...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
PLUMMET AS ARCTIC AIR SETTLES OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY AND
TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL COMMENCES OVER WESTERN HALF OF OUR
CWA BEFORE NOON WITH NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH OR TWO.
BEST FORCING OCCURS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MN INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD RANGE
ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME CONSIDERABLY
BLOWING SNOW...NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. WL CONTINUE
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY...THEN GO WITH
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHERE
WIND CHILL WILL LOWER TO 28-39 BELOW ZERO.
BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE COLD POOL MOVES OVER THE GREAT LAKES
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING
WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO NEAR MORRIS AND ALEXANDRIA WITH
TEMPERATURES LOWERING TO AROUND 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO IN THE RIVER
VALLEYS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING OVER
THE MIDWEST BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 700 MB OMEGA FIELD SHOWED AN
INCREASE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MN...SO HAVE BUMPED UP THE POPS INTO THE
LIKELY CATEGORY FOR SNOW.
LONGWAVE PATTERN SHIFTS OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK...AS UPPER AIR FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL ACROSS THE NORTHERN
TIER OF CONUS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MODERATE
INTO THE 20S AS MORE MODIFY PACIFIC AIR FILTER INTO OUR FORECAST
AREAS THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
TIGHT BAND OF SNOW ROTATING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MN AND
WEST CTRL WI EARLY THIS AFTN. EAU LOOKS TO FEEL THE BRUNT OF
THIS...WITH SOME MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THROUGH
MID-AFTERNOON. MVFR CIGS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN CONFINED TO THIS
AREA AND HAVE CONTINUED THAT TREND THIS AFTN. MVFR VISBYS HAVE
EXISTED OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL SNOWFALL WHERE BLOWING SNOW IS
OCCURRING. TRENDS HAVE BEEN IMPROVING AND NOT MANY SITES WERE TOO
LOW TO BEGIN WITH...LIKELY DUE TO THE SNOW COVER NOT BEING FRESH.
GRADIENT MAINTAINS ITSELF THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN SURFACE
PRESSURE RISE AXIS HAVING PASSED...SO WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS SHOULD
BE FAIRLY CONSTANT. THESE SHOULD DECREASE GRADUALLY DURING THE
EVENING AND THEN QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT. SKIES SHOULD ALSO SLOWLY
WORK THEIR WAY TO SKC TONIGHT AS WELL AS THE DEEP DRY ARCTIC AIR
MASS BUILDS IN.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ANOKA-
BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-
DOUGLAS-FARIBAULT-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI
PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-
SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-
WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-
CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-
ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-
MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-
REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-
STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW
MEDICINE.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FREEBORN-
GOODHUE-STEELE.
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BARRON-
CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-
POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 11:22 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1122 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 301730- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1122 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW...STRONG WIND AND BLOWING SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE POOR. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE. ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN...VERY COLD WEATHER WILL PERSIST AS STRONG WIND BRINGS IN ARCTIC AIR. MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU TRAVEL. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH GUSTY WIND WILL RESULT IN LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF WELL BELOW ZERO WITH READINGS VARYING FROM 25 BELOW OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO AROUND 10 BELOW OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TDK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 29, 12:45 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1245 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
01/29/2008 E1.0 INCH STEELE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
VISIBILITY SOMETIMES ONLY 100 FEET IN BLOWING SNOW
OUTSIDE OF OWATONNA. INTERSTATE 35 CLOSED FROM OWATONNA
TO ALBERT LEA PER MNDOT WEB SITE.
&&
TDKLocal storm report, Jan 29, 12:47 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1247 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
01/29/2008 E1.0 INCH STEELE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
VISIBILITY SOMETIMES ONLY 100 FEET IN BLOWING SNOW
OUTSIDE OF OWATONNA. SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE 35 CLOSED FROM
OWATONNA TO ALBERT LEA PER MNDOT WEB SITE.
&&
TDKLocal storm report, Jan 29, 1:04 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
104 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM SNOW PINE ISLAND 44.20N 92.65W
01/29/2008 E2.0 INCH GOODHUE MN COUNTY OFFICIAL
ZERO VISIBILITY OUTSIDE TOWN.
&&
TDKLocal storm report, Jan 29, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
130 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM SNOW 12 SE MENOMONIE 44.76N 91.74W
01/29/2008 E2.0 INCH DUNN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
AT MERIDEAN.
&&
TDKLocal storm report, Jan 29, 1:33 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
133 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM SNOW WANAMINGO 44.31N 92.79W
01/29/2008 M2.5 INCH GOODHUE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
TDKLocal storm report, Jan 29, 2:22 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
222 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM SNOW ALBERT LEA 43.66N 93.37W
01/29/2008 E1.0 INCH FREEBORN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES. VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS
STILL OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
&&
TDKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:37 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:53 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele | 7 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.