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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 12, 2009, 4:53 AM CST for 15 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 19 hr. 13 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
- Jan 12, 2009, 4:53 AM CST (10:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Winnebago, MN | |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 N Boyd, MN | |
| Jan 12, 9:23 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Springfield, MN | |
| Jan 12, 9:35 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Jan 12, 9:55 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Mankato, MN | |
| Jan 12, 11:08 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Jan 12, 1:36 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mankato, MN | |
| Jan 12, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Wsw Madison, MN | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Jan 12, 2:16 PM CST | SNOW 3 | St James, MN | |
| Jan 12, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Waseca, MN | |
| Jan 12, 5:58 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Jan 12, 6:41 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 2 Ene Minnesota Lake, MN | |
| Jan 12, 9:49 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Albert Lea, MN | AT ALBERT LEA HIGH SCHOOL. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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 121053 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...SNOW EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON.... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE WARNING AREA IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...TO GAYLORD...TO OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY AREAS IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES. FINALLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER PARTS 0F SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. MUCH OF THE FALLING SNOW WILL HAVE ENDED OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY THE TIME THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP...BUT DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. A BAND OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A FEW SPOTS MAY PICK UP AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING...WILLMAR... MORRIS...LITCHFIELD...FARIBAULT...AND PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ054-056-064-065-073-121900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T1800Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.090112T1053Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TODAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER. MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. 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. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ067-074-075-082>085-091>093-121900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090112T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T2100Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.090112T1053Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW SPOTS PICKING UP 6 INCHES. MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 3O MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES AFTER MIDNIGHT TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-057-121900- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T1800Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... BENSON...WILLMAR 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. 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. 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. $$ MNZ076-121900- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T2100Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090113T0600Z/ LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LE SUEUR 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TODAY INTO THE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ042-049-058-121900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONTINUING BRISK WINDS INTO TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. 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. 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. $$ MNZ059-060-062-066-068>070-077-078-121900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090113T0600Z/ WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONTINUING STRONG WINDS TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-061-063-WIZ014>016-023>028-121900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE... STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 121738 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1138 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING THROUGH TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS GENERALLY IN EFFECT SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...TO GAYLORD...TO OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES. THIS ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN INCLUDING PIERCE AND PEPIN COUNTIES. FINALLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES BEING HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. RATES WILL APPROACH ONE INCH AN HOUR DURING THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS. ONE TO THREE ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES. THE HIGHER TOTALS ARE LIKELY FROM THE TWIN CITIES SOUTHWARD TOWARDS OWATONNA. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED. GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EVEN LOCALLY STRONGER IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WHERE THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT. IN THE OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-130145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1138 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES BEING HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ONE TO THREE ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS IN THE OPEN COUNTRY WILL LIKELY BE NEAR-BLIZZARD AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. $$ MNZ063-WIZ024-026-130145- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 1138 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES BEING HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. RATES WILL APPROACH ONE INCH AN HOUR DURING THIS AFTERNOON. TWO TO THREE ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHER TOTALS ARE LIKELY FROM THE TWIN CITIES SOUTHWARD TOWARDS OWATONNA. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED. GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055-057-130145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...WILLMAR 1138 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OR ESTIMATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED. GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ058>060-062-066-068>070-076>078-130145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1138 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES BEING HEAVY AT TIMES. RATES WILL APPROACH ONE INCH AN HOUR DURING THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS MORNING. ONE TO THREE ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES. THE HIGHER TOTALS ARE LIKELY FROM THE TWIN CITIES SOUTHWARD TOWARDS OWATONNA. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED. GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 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. 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. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-061-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-130145- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1138 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MTF/JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 122130 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 330 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING AS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS GENERALLY IN EFFECT SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...TO GAYLORD...TO OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES. FINALLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER... STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST. GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EVEN LOCALLY STRONGER IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... WHERE THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT. IN THE OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY. IN ADDITION... MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-130530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 330 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER... STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS IN THE OPEN COUNTRY WILL LIKELY BE NEAR- BLIZZARD AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055-057-130530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...WILLMAR 330 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... WITH STORM TOTALS 2 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER... STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST. GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ058>060-062-063-066-068>070-076>078-WIZ024-026-130530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 330 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... WITH STORM TOTALS 3 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER... STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST. GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR MORE WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-061-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-130530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 330 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ TRH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130039 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 639 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DIMINISH EARLY TONIGHT WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS GENERALLY IN EFFECT SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...TO GAYLORD...TO OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES. FINALLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-130845- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 639 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055-057-130845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...WILLMAR 639 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ058>060-062-063-066-068>070-076>078-WIZ024-026-130845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 639 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF TONIGHT LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 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. 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. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-061-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-130845- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 639 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130215 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 815 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DIMINISH EARLY TONIGHT WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS GENERALLY IN EFFECT SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...TO GAYLORD...TO OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO APPLE VALLEY TO DURAND. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH ST. CLOUD TO STAPLES AND ALEXANDRIA. FINALLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WAS JUST ABOUT OVER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR FLOWING INTO THE REGION COMBINED WITH THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. MNZ041-042-048-049-058>060-062-063-131015- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER 815 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED GREATLY THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS BEGIN TO SETTLE DOWN. HOWEVER...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-131015- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 815 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WAS JUST ABOUT OVER...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. IN ADDITION... MUCH COLDER AIR FLOWING INTO THE REGION COMBINED WITH THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ047-055-057-131015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ STEVENS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...BENSON...WILLMAR 815 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. IN ADDITION... MUCH COLDER AIR FLOWING INTO THE REGION COMBINED WITH THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. 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. 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. $$ MNZ066-068>070-076>078-WIZ024-026-131015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 815 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH THE ADVISORY AREA...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. IN ADDITION... MUCH COLDER AIR FLOWING INTO THE REGION COMBINED WITH THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-061-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-131015- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 815 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130607 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR COUPLED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-131415- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR COUPLED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ047-055-057-066-068>070-076>078-WIZ024-026-131415- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ STEVENS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...BENSON...WILLMAR... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR COUPLED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. 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. IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-058>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-131415- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR COUPLED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 4:53 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
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.