Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches in 2009
Blizzard Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard watch at Dec 6, 2009, 3:19 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2009, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2009, 4:22 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 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 062119 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR FAR SOUTHERN AREAS OF MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WATCH STRETCHES FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA ON TUESDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY...REACHING THE CHICAGO AREA...BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE STORM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. MNZ082>085-091>093-070530- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH EXTENDS FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...EXCEEDING 35 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ045-051>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-070530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH EXTENDS FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA ON EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW TOTALS REACHING OR EXCEEDING SIX INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ RAH/TDK
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 070443 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1043 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR FAR SOUTHERN AREAS OF MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WATCH STRETCHES FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA ON TUESDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY...REACHING THE CHICAGO AREA...BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE STORM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. MNZ082>085-091>093-071245- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1043 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH EXTENDS FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...EXCEEDING 35 MPH... ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ045-051>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-071245- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1043 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH EXTENDS FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA ON EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW TOTALS REACHING OR EXCEEDING SIX INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 071120 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 520 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADING TOWARDS THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...ONSET OF SNOW MAY BEGIN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED... .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA....OR FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A ST JAMES TO OWATONNA LINE. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. LATEST WEATHER MODEL INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE ONSET OF SNOW MAY BEGIN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED...AND MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT AREAS ALONG THE IOWA BORDER BY NOON...AND IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME WITH THE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF A FAIRMONT TO RED WING MINNESOTA...TO AN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN LINE...WHERE EIGHT INCHES OR MORE IS LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODEL TRENDS OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS HAVE THIS STORM SYSTEM STRONGER AND MAY PRODUCE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLIZZARD...OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES IS LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO THE FAR WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO ST. CROIX FALLS WISCONSIN. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. MNZ082>085-091>093-071930- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 520 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH EXTENDS FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...EXCEEDING 35 MPH... ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ045-051>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-071930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 520 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH EXTENDS FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA ON EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW TOTALS REACHING OR EXCEEDING SIX INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 071717 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1117 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADING TOWARDS THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA....OR FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA LINE. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME VERY STRONG TUESDAY EVENING THEN TURN NORTHWESTERLY AND REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF A FAIRMONT TO RED WING MINNESOTA...TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN LINE...WHERE EIGHT INCHES OR MORE IS LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOWFALL AND THE INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLIZZARD...OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA STARTING TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES IS LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO THE FAR WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO ST. CROIX FALLS WISCONSIN. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THESE AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREAS TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. MNZ082>085-091>093-080130- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1117 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH EXTENDS FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WATCH AREA TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL THEN BECOME VERY STRONG TUESDAY EVENING LIKELY RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ045-051>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-080130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1117 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH EXTENDS FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA ON EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG TUESDAY EVENING THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW TOTALS MAY REACH OR EXCEED SIX INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MDB/RAH/MTF/BAP
000 WWUS43 KMPX 072222 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 422 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH COVERS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORA...ST. CLOUD...AND REDWOOD FALLS. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A FAIRMONT...TO RED WING...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF FARIBAULT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME. WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY KIT. MNZ082>085-091>093-080630- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 422 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF FARIBAULT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-080630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...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 422 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A FAIRMONT...TO RED WING...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME. 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. $$ MNZ045-051-052-058-059-065-066-073-080630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 422 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY. 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. $$ MNZ044-049-050-057-080630- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 422 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 16 more | 25 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.