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Wind Chill Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 21, 20089 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill warning at Dec 21, 2008, 3:15 PM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 21, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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, 2:18 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 107 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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. 


$$
2 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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 8:48 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 27 more21 hr
Dec 21, 3:15 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more18 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every wind chill warning 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.