Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Apr 4, 2009, 3:55 AM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 4, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 4, 2009, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2009, 10:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 040855 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM APPROACHING FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MARTIN...FARIBAULT...AND FREEBORN COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NORTH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING...FOR SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH AREA EXTENDS NORTH TO A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST. PETER...TO RED WING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN COLORADO TO NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY WHILE MOVING TO ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS THE BEST MOISTURE AND ENERGY WITH THIS SYSTEM OCCURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT. THE GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW IS ALONG THE INTESTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA...WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. MNZ091>093-041700- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 355 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 8 OR 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE IOWA STATE LINE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ MNZ073>078-082>085-041700- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA 355 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHERN AREAS OF MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BUT AREAS TO THE NORTH TOWARDS REDWOOD FALLS... ST. PETER... AND RED WING MAY SEE SNOW AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES. DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL CREATE A SHARP CUTOFF IN THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW NOT YET CERTAIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT NIGHT AND SUNDAY...POTENTIALLY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MDB/MPG
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 041326 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 826 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM APPROACHING FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN...FARIBAULT...AND FREEBORN COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...WHICH INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NORTH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING...FOR SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH AREA EXTENDS NORTH TO A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST. PETER...TO RED WING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH SNOW AND RAIN SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN KANSAS...EASTWARD TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS THE BEST MOISTURE AND ENERGY WITH THIS SYSTEM OCCURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO NEW ULM...TO RED WING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW IS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA...WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. MNZ091>093-042130- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 826 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE IOWA STATE LINE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ MNZ073>078-082>085-042130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA 826 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHERN AREAS OF MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BUT AREAS TO THE NORTH TOWARDS REDWOOD FALLS... ST. PETER... AND RED WING MAY SEE SNOW AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES. DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL CREATE A SHARP CUTOFF IN THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS...WITH THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW NOT YET CERTAIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT NIGHT AND SUNDAY...POTENTIALLY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 041504 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1004 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN...FARIBAULT... AND FREEBORN COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...WHICH INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NORTH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING...FOR SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH SNOW AND RAIN SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN KANSAS...EASTWARD TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS THE BEST MOISTURE AND ENERGY WITH THIS SYSTEM OCCURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO NEW ULM...TO RED WING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW IS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA...WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. MNZ091>093-042315- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1004 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE IOWA STATE LINE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ MNZ073>078-082>085-042315- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA 1004 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...OR EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. THE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE MAINLY FOR COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF A REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM...TO RED WING LINE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING SOUTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL CREATE A SHARP CUTOFF IN THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS...WITH THE AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 19 ONLY EXPECTING AN INCH OR LESS. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST LATER TODAY...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE INCREASE WIND SPEEDS...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 041903 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 203 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SNOW AND LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...ALL SNOW TONIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARTIN...FARIBAULT... AND FREEBORN COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...WHICH INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NORTH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING...FOR SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND BE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. BANDS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BECOME ALL SNOW THIS EVENING WITH BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING TOWARD MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF ON SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO NEW ULM...TO RED WING...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA...WHERE LOCALLY 10 INCHES MAY FALL. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM. MNZ091>093-050315- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 203 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH BECOME ALL SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING TOWARD MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA...IOWA BORDER. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ MNZ073>078-082>085-050315- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.090405T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA 203 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. A PERSISTENT DRY LAYER ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA HAS HELD OFF MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SO FAR...BUT A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING. SOME OF THE SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY TOWARD MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. SUBSTANTIAL DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT WILL CREATE A SHARP CUTOFF IN THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS...WITH AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 19 ONLY EXPECTING AN INCH OR LESS. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST LATER TODAY...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE INCREASING WIND SPEEDS...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 050312 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1012 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SNOW AND WIND TO AFFECT AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER STORM WARNING. IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL REMAIN MORE OVER WESTERN OR NORTHWEST IOWA. HOWEVER...HEAVIER SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL STILL REACH THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE NEAR THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. FARTHER NORTH...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING...INCLUDING REDWOOD FALLS...MANKATO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...AND WASECA. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE ARE LIKELY...WITH INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING...AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND BE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM. MNZ091>093-051115- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.090405T0312Z-090406T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1012 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OT 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ073>078-082>085-051115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090406T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA 1012 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 10:04 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.