Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 8, 2008, 1:43 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 8, 2008, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2008, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 5:22 PM CST | SNOW 0.4 | Waseca, MN | |
| Dec 8, 5:43 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Waseca, MN | |
| Dec 8, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Dec 9, 6:47 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Winnebago, MN | |
| Dec 9, 8:14 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Geneva, 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 081943 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE EXPANDING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE ANOTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...WHEN BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A BRIEF MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE BLUE EARTH...WASECA...ALBERT LEA...AND OWATONNA AREAS...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN LINE...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A STORM SYSTEM WILL BE ORGANIZING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACKING ACROSS THE MISSOURI...IOWA BORDER AREA...LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. MNZ084-085-092-093-090345- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...WHEN BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A BRIEF MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE BLUE EARTH...WASECA...ALBERT LEA...AND OWATONNA AREAS...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ076>078-082-083-091-WIZ024-026-028-090345- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-PIERCE-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING...WHICH WILL LIKELY YIELD ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MNZ047>052-054>059-064-090300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T0300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS 143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY. INCREASING NORTH WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO WILLMAR...AND GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-090345- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVIER THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM. EXPECT THE SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS REACHING 3 TO 6 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 090039 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 639 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND WASECA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY RUNS THROUGH 9 PM FOR CAMBRIDGE...MONTEVIDEO...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY RUNS UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES NORTHEAST. SNOWFALL MAY BRIEFLY BE HEAVY...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY MORNING. AS OF EARLY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES. MNZ084-085-092-093-090845- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 639 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES NORTHEAST. SNOWFALL MAY BRIEFLY BE HEAVY THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ047>052-054>059-064-090300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T0300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS 639 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES NORTHEAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY MID-EVENING. AS OF EARLY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-090845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 639 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES NORTHEAST. AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. AS OF EARLY EVENING...ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES. 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. $$ MNZ076>078-082-083-091-WIZ024-026-028-090845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-PIERCE-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 639 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES NORTHEAST. SNOWFALL MAY BRIEFLY BE HEAVY THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY MORNING. AS OF EARLY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 090811 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 211 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND WASECA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY RUNS THROUGH 9 PM FOR CAMBRIDGE...MONTEVIDEO...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY RUNS UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITUATED OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEFORE WEAKENING. SNOW SHOULD END OR DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY MID TUESDAY MORNING. NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WILL VARY FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY MORNING. AS OF MIDNIGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ084-085-092-093-091500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 211 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WILL VARY UP TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-091200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 211 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST OVER ILLINOIS. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY UP TO AN INCH. MOST ROADS WERE SNOW PACKED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND ROADWAYS. AS OF MIDNIGHT...SNOWFALL TOTALS HAVE BEEN FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES WITH CHANHASSEN REPORTING AROUND FOUR INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ076>078-082-083-091-WIZ024-026-028-091500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-PIERCE-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 211 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER MISSOURI...WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS SO FAR RANGED FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES AS OF MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 091008 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 408 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND WASECA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA IN MINNESOTA AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH MAY FALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING OF SNOW WITH SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL MAY CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS THROUGH MID MORNING. MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-091115- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 408 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW IS RAPIDLY TAPERING OFF ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BUT MINIMAL VISIBILITY REDUCTION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE WIND MAY CAUSE SOME SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON STRETCHES OF ROADWAYS IN OPEN AREAS. CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ084-085-092-093-091500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 408 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW ENDS. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE DECREASING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ076>078-082-083-091-WIZ024-026-028-091500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-PIERCE-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 408 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY MID MORNING ACROSS THE MINNESOTA PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WISCONSIN PORTION. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...LIKELY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN SPEED THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 5:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Martin and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 8, 5:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 27 more | 28 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.