Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Jan 25, 2010, 9:20 AM CST for 23 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 19 hr. 4 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 25, 2010, 9:20 AM CST (15:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2010, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 23 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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 25, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Lamberton, MN | |
| Jan 25, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Carlos, MN | |
| Jan 25, 3:17 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Litchfield, MN | 0.15 INCHES OF MOISTURE. |
| Jan 25, 4:46 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Mankato, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
099 WWUS43 KMPX 251520 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 920 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER CANADA OVER THE NEXT DAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE LIGHT SNOWFALL OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF BECOMING STRANDED OR DISORIENTED. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>075-082>085-091>093-252330- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.100125T1520Z-100126T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 920 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ076-252330- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.100125T1520Z-100126T0600Z/ LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LE SUEUR 920 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-049-252330- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD 920 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY SLICK DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
957 WWUS43 KMPX 251942 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 142 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER CANADA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL ALONG WITH SOME LOOSEN FALLEN SNOW TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WERE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN FEW HUNDRED FEET IN RURAL AND OPEN COUNTRY IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SEVERAL ROADS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA WERE EITHER CLOSED OR TRAVEL WAS NOT RECOMMENDED...UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-260345- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 142 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-260000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD 142 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY SLICK DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
990 WWUS43 KMPX 260157 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 757 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOMEWHAT...SINCE 6 PM...ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA DUE TO LESS SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS REMAIN VERY STRONG...IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SOME SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE EVENING...BUT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY STILL BE CLOSED. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-260600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 757 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
152 WWUS43 KMPX 260419 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1019 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. THE WARNING IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOMEWHAT...ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA DUE TO LESS SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS REMAIN VERY STRONG...IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SOME SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...BUT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY STILL BE CLOSED. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091>093-261000- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1019 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ058-066-067-076-084-085-260600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA 1019 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
007 WWUS43 KMPX 260602 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1202 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. THE WARNING IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOMEWHAT...ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA DUE TO LESS SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS REMAIN VERY STRONG...IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SOME SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...BUT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY STILL BE CLOSED. MNZ058-066-067-076-084-085-260715- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA 1202 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091>093-261000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1202 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ JLT
938 WWUS43 KMPX 261004 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 404 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...IMPROVING CONDITIONS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.. .WINDS WILL CONTINUE DECREASING THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE. ALTHOUGH WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING...ROAD CLOSURES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY STILL EXIST. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091>093-261115- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 404 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE DECREASING THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE. ALTHOUGH WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING...ROAD CLOSURES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY STILL EXIST. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.