Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2008, 3:55 AM CST for 40 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr. 60 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 20, 2008, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 49 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, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 20, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Kimball, MN | |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Dec 20, 6:53 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | St Cloud, MN | ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY SCSU |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | 3 Sw Eau Claire, WI | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:04 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Wsw St James, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 W Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Waconia, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Milaca, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Belgrade, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Willmar, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Lester Prairie, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 Nw Chaska, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | New London, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Winnebago, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:10 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Wsw Madison, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Carlos, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:58 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 S Owatonna, MN | |
| Dec 20, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Springfield, MN | |
| Dec 20, 9:01 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Dec 20, 9:36 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 20, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 20, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Sleepy Eye, MN | |
| Dec 20, 10:56 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 5 Ne Forest Lake, MN | SINCE 7 AM |
| Dec 20, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | St James, MN | |
| Dec 20, 11:05 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Brownton, MN | SINCE 5 AM |
| Dec 20, 11:08 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Farmington, MN | NWS CWSU MEASUREMENT |
| Dec 20, 11:08 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Fridley, MN | |
| Dec 20, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 20, 11:22 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Dec 20, 11:22 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Carlos, MN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR 5 INCHES WINDS PICKING UP |
| Dec 20, 11:22 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | St Paul, MN | HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD |
| Dec 20, 11:43 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Dec 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Minneapolis, MN | MEASURED AT MSP INTL AIRPORT. |
| Dec 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Dec 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT NWS OFFICE. |
| Dec 20, 12:18 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Dec 20, 12:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | St Francis, MN | |
| Dec 20, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Dec 20, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 W Foley, MN | |
| Dec 20, 12:45 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Fridley, MN | |
| Dec 20, 12:46 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Andover, MN | SINCE 645 AM |
| Dec 20, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Annandale, MN | |
| Dec 20, 1:58 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Durand, WI | |
| Dec 20, 1:58 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Waterville, MN | STRORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Dec 20, 2:03 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Zumbrota, MN | |
| Dec 20, 2:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 20, 2:11 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Forest Lake, MN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Dec 20, 2:19 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 Nw Gilman, MN | |
| Dec 20, 2:19 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Mankato, MN | WINDS PICKING UP AND SNOWFALL DIMINISHING |
| Dec 20, 2:59 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 Nw Gilman, MN | |
| Dec 20, 3:01 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 20, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Murdock, MN | |
| Dec 20, 3:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 20, 3:42 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | St Paul, MN | HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD |
| Dec 20, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 12 Nne Bruce, WI | STILL SNOWING. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 200956 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WIND AND SNOW TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY INTO SUNDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... AND PROGRESS INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH AMOUNTS REACHING SIX INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE SUNDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL FALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY TODAY... BUT WILL PERSIST OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE. THEREFORE... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO OLIVIA TO MANKATO TO KIESTER. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA BY LATE SUNDAY... WITH MOST OF THE SNOW OCCURRING TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA BY LATE SUNDAY... WITH MOST OF THE SNOW OCCURRING TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WILL BE LESS THAN WHERE THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS POSTED... THEY WILL STILL BE STRONG FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY... CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATER SUNDAY. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-201800- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.081220T1200Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.081220T1200Z-081222T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 355 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... AND PROGRESS INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON... AND WILL PERSIST BUT BECOME LIGHTER TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL... VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE. THEREFORE... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO OLIVIA TO MANKATO TO KIESTER. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY... WITH MOST OF THE SNOW OCCURRING TODAY. 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. ANOTHER ROUND OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATER SUNDAY. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-201800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.081220T1200Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0007.081220T1200Z-081222T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 355 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... AND PROGRESS INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING. INTERMITTENT SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO STEADY SNOW BY LATE MORNING... AND THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY... WITH MOST OF THE SNOW OCCURRING TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY... CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATER SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE FORECAST... WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TRH
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 201613 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1013 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE WITH WINDS TO INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO OLIVIA...TO MANKATO...THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...INCLUDING ALL OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ALBERT LEA...EAU CLAIRE...ST CLOUD...AND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. STEADY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. SOME OF THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...LEADING TO ACCUMULATION RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA AND WILL SPREAD GRADUALLY EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AND WILL FURTHER MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES IN MUCH OF THE AREA WHERE THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT...WHERE WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEER IN BITTERLY COLD AIR WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LIKELY TO DEVELOP AGAIN BY SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE DAY IF NOT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW...WINDS...AND EVENTUAL LOW WIND CHILLS ARE ALL A RESULT OF AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-210015- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1013 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. STEADY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED THROUGH MID-MORNING FROM FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 7 INCHES. SOME OF THE CONTINUING SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...LEADING TO ACCUMULATION RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AND WILL FURTHER MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN MUCH OF THE AREA. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEER IN BITTERLY COLD AIR WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LIKELY TO DEVELOP AGAIN BY SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE DAY IF NOT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-210015- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1013 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. STEADY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. SOME OF THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...LEADING TO ACCUMULATION RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD GRADUALLY EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AND WILL FURTHER MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AND ON SUNDAY. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEER IN BITTERLY COLD AIR WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LIKELY TO DEVELOP AGAIN BY SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE DAY IF NOT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE FORECAST... WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 202215 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 415 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO OLIVIA...TO MANKATO. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAD ENDED DURING MID AFTERNOON IN MOST OF THIS AREA...STRONG WINDS WILL KEEP GROUND BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WARNING ALSO CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ALBERT LEA. THIS INCLUDES ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND EAU CLAIRE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST...ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING IN ST CLOUD... THE TWIN CITIES AND OWATONNA. IT WILL PERSIST BEYOND MIDNIGHT AT RICE LAKE AND EAU CLAIRE. TOTALS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES SHOULD BE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO MOVE IN...BRINGING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE MILE IN RURAL AREAS...FROM BLOWING SNOW...EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA... DROPPING TO 15 BELOW BY DAYBREAK AT MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 40 OR 45 BELOW. WIND CHILLS IN EASTERN MINNESOTA OR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL ALSO BE DOWN TO 15 OR 25 BELOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. THE NORTHWEST WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW STORM IS DUE TO STRONG LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST MINNESOTA ALL THE WAY TO WESTERN KENTUCKY. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-210615- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 415 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO OLIVIA...TO MANKATO. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAD ENDED...STRONG WINDS WILL MAINTAIN GROUND BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA... DROPPING TO 15 BELOW BY DAYBREAK AT MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 40 OR 45 BELOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. THE NORTHWEST WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-210615- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 415 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR THE AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ALBERT LEA. THIS INCLUDES ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND EAU CLAIRE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST...ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING IN ST CLOUD... THE TWIN CITIES AND OWATONNA. IT WILL PERSIST BEYOND MIDNIGHT AT RICE LAKE AND EAU CLAIRE. TOTALS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES SHOULD BE COMMON. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO MOVE IN...BRINGING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE MILE IN RURAL AREAS FROM BLOWING SNOW...EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BELOW ZERO FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DROPPING TO 5 OR 10 BELOW BY DAYBREAK AT ALEXANDRIA...HUTCHINSON AND ALBERT LEA... AND TO THE 5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW RANGE ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILLS SUNDAY MORNING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL ALSO BE DOWN...VARYING FROM 25 BELOW AT ALEXANDRIA AND ALBERT LEA...TO 10 OR 15 BELOW AT RICE LAKE AND EAU CLAIRE. 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...COLD...AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THE NORTHWEST WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. $$ TDK
000 WWUS43 KMPX 210248 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 848 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO DURAND. AREAS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT SNOW MAY PICK UP A BIT IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL ALSO BE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO AND OWATONNA. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRASTICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 40 BELOW ARE LIKELY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS WELL...WHICH WILL FURTHER RESTRICT VISIBILITY. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...LIGHT SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...WILLMAR...AND ALEXANDRIA. WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO 40 BELOW RANGE WILL BE COMMON TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...AND LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY CAUSING DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS PUSHING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS EVENING BUT WILL BE STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES FARTHER EAST. THUS...THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. MNZ047-054>056-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-211100- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 848 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...LIGHT SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRASTICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 40 BELOW ARE LIKELY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS WELL...WHICH WILL FURTHER RESTRICT VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. THE NORTHWEST WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. $$ MNZ065-075-211100- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.081221T0248Z-081222T0000Z/ RENVILLE-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...ST. PETER 848 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...BLOWING SNOW...AND LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRASTICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ARE LIKELY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS WELL...WHICH WILL FURTHER RESTRICT VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS KIND OF WIND...COLD...AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY. THE NORTHWEST WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. $$ MNZ041>044-048>052-057>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ023-024-211100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.081221T0248Z-081222T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX- PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 848 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...BLOWING SNOW...AND LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO 40 BELOW RANGE WILL BE COMMON TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...AND LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY CAUSING DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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...COLD...AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ MNZ045-053-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-025>028-211100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ KANABEC-CHISAGO-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CENTER CITY...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 848 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. AREAS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT SNOW COULD PICK UP IN IN INTENSITY TOWARD MORNING AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET LATER TONIGHT...REACHING THE 5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE RANGE. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 20 BELOW WILL BE COMMON BY SUNDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. THE NORTHWEST WINDS...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS...AND POOR VISIBILITY IN LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 211002 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 402 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA TODAY... WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OFTEN GUST ABOVE 35 MPH. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRASTICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ARE LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW... LIGHT SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING MONTEVIDEO... ALEXANDRIA... WILLMAR... ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES... RED WING... RICE LAKE AND EAU CLAIRE. WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE WILL BE COMMON TODAY... PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED... WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PRODUCE MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UNDER AN INCH. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. MNZ045-053-WIZ014>016-025>028-211815- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ KANABEC-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 402 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW... LIGHT SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UNDER AN INCH. HOWEVER... STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 35 BELOW RANGE... PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. 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... COLD... AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-211815- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 402 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW... LIGHT SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER... STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST AROUND 35 MPH AT TIME... PRODUCING WIND CHILLS IN THE 30 TO 40 BELOW RANGE... PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. TRAVEL IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING... MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED... DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS KIND OF WIND... COLD... AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ MNZ073-074-082>085-091>093-211815- /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 402 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY... WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OFTEN GUST ABOVE 35 MPH. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRASTICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ARE LIKELY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. 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... COLD... AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ MNZ041>044-048>052-057>063-065>070-075>078-WIZ023-024-211815- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 402 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UNDER AN INCH. HOWEVER... STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE... PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. TRAVEL IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING... MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED... DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS KIND OF WIND... COLD... AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ TRH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 211813 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1213 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND LIKELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS INTO 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 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. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AND ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION INTO TONIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER LATE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION. 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...COLD...AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. MNZ073-074-082>085-091>093-220000- /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 1213 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... 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 HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AND ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION INTO TONIGHT. 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...COLD...AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-065>070-075>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 220000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1213 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AND ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN INTO TONIGHT. TRAVEL IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING... MAKE SURE YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED... DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS KIND OF WIND... COLD... AND POOR VISIBILITY. YOU MAY BECOME DISORIENTED AND LOSE YOUR WAY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-220000- /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 1213 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AND ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION INTO TONIGHT. $$
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. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-220515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0013.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 315 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP ONCE TONIGHT AGAIN AS TEMPERATURES DROP...AND WINDS CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:55 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 17 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.