Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Warnings in 2008
Wind Chill Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill warning at Feb 9, 2008, 3:50 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 9, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 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
- Feb 9, 2008, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 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 09:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 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, 9.8 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
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 090950 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 350 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...ARCTIC BLAST AND BLOWING SNOW TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 4 AM SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND AT 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...FIRST OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE DAY...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS MAY DROP AS LOW AS 40 TO 45 BELOW ON SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR AREAS WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT ONAMIA TO LITCHFIELD TO MONTEVIDEO TO DAWSON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-091800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.080209T1000Z-080210T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 350 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...FIRST OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE DAY...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS MAY DROP AS LOW AS 40 TO 45 BELOW ON SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR AREAS WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT ONAMIA TO LITCHFIELD TO MONTEVIDEO TO DAWSON THROUGH SUNDAY 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. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-091800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.080209T1200Z-080210T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-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...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 350 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... 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 SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...FIRST OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE DAY...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS MAY DROP AS LOW AS 40 TO 45 BELOW ON SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT ONAMIA TO LITCHFIELD TO MONTEVIDEO TO DAWSON AND FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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. 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. $$ MNZ064-065-073-091800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.080209T1000Z-080210T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 350 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... 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 SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...FIRST OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE DAY...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS MAY DROP AS LOW AS 40 TO 45 BELOW ON SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT LITCHFIELD TO MONTEVIDEO TO DAWSON FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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. 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. $$ MNZ050-091800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.080209T1200Z-080210T0000Z/ BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOLEY 350 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...FIRST OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE DAY...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS MAY DROP AS LOW AS 40 TO 45 BELOW ON SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MDB
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 091744 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1144 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH... WILL OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE RESULTANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE FRONT MOVES PAST...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT HARSH WIND CHILL CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SUNDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ONAMIA TO LITCHFIELD TO MONTEVIDEO TO DAWSON...AND FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-100145- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 1144 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH... WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO ONE HALF MILE WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT HARSH WIND CHILL CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SUNDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ONAMIA TO LITCHFIELD TO MONTEVIDEO TO DAWSON. 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 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. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-100145- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-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...PRINCETON...MORA...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 1144 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH... WILL OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE RESULTANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE FRONT MOVES PAST...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT HARSH WIND CHILL CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 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 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. $$ LS
000 WWUS43 KMPX 100046 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 646 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...ARCTIC AIR SURGING INTO AREA ON HARSH NORTHWEST WINDS... .ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS SPREADING FORM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS VERY COLD WIND CHILLS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AS WIND CHILLS DROP TO THE VERY DANGEROUS RANGE... OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON EARLY TONIGHT...WITH JUST A SLOW DECREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. MNZ044-045-051>053-059>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-100900- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-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...PRINCETON...MORA...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 646 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO THE 20 TO 25 BELOW RANGE THIS EVENING ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. EXPECT EVEN COLDER WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35 TO 45 BELOW OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW ZERO WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. 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. $$ MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-100900- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 646 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35 TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE...WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS EVENING WITH JUST A SLOW DECREASE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY LIMIT VISIBILITY FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 100550 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1150 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...ARCTIC AIR SURGING INTO AREA ON HARSH NORTHWEST WINDS... .ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS SPREADING FORM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AS WIND CHILLS DROP TO THE VERY DANGEROUS RANGE...OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE OBSERVED GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CANBY TO FAIRMONT. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT... WITH JUST A SLOW DECREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ044-045-051>053-059>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-101400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-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...PRINCETON...MORA...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 1150 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35 TO 45 BELOW OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 10 TO 18 BELOW ZERO 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. $$ MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-101400- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 1150 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35...TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE...WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS EVENING WITH JUST A SLOW DECREASE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 101323 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 723 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS COVER THE REGION THIS MORNING... .A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ARCTIC AIR AND HARSH NORTHWEST WINDS COVERED THE REGION THIS MORNING. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WERE BETWEEN 40 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE MODERATING IN THE AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE AND TEMPERATURES RISE A LITTLE. MAKE SURE TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE WHEN GOING OUTDOORS TODAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 101800- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ 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 723 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 45 BELOW WILL BE COMMON OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASE SOME AND TEMPERATURES RISE A LITTLE. MAKE SURE TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE WHEN GOING OUTDOORS TODAY. 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 101652 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1052 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS GRADUALLY EASING THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WARNING WILL TRANSITION TO A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUED IN THE 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVER THE REGION AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. HOWEVER...THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THE WIND CHILLS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON ARE STILL CRITICAL AND THOSE HEADING OUTDOORS NEED TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-102200- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.080210T1800Z-080210T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1052 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUED IN THE 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVER THE REGION AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. HOWEVER...THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO 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. 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>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-110000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.080210T1800Z-080211T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-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...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...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 1052 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. OBSERVED WIND CHILL READINGS LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUED IN THE 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVER THE REGION AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. HOWEVER...THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO 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. 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
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.