Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Dec 30, 2010, 6:36 PM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2010, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 1:24 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Alexandria, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276 WWUS43 KMPX 310036 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY ON NORTH THROUGH DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES. SOME CITIES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING INCLUDE...CANBY...MONTEVIDEO...APPLETON... MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH COUPLED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OCCURRING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE OLIVIA...LITCHFILD...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...CAMBRIDGE AND MORA. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL FROM LITTLE FALLS TO WILLMAR TO MONTEVIDEO. AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MORA TO BUFFALO TO HUTCHINSON. AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING WET SURFACES WILL FREEZE CAUSING ICE TO REFORM. THE WINTRY CONDITIONS TONIGHT ARE DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARRIVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ANOTHER HALF FOOT OR BETTER OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ONE TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. IT COULD BEGIN WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL TURN TO LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BEGIN AT NOON FRIDAY. MNZ041-042-047-048-054-055-064-310845- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.101231T0036Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...GRANITE FALLS 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. MORE HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. && $$ MNZ056-310845- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.101231T0036Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTEVIDEO 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. MORE HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-310845- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER 9 PM. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ073-310845- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING FRIDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-310845- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN... SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...AN INCH OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPING ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUING FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-310845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHICH COULD BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF SLEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-310845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING TO SNOW BY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH/DWE
1 follow-up statement
456 WWUS43 KMPX 310842 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS MORNING... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY ON NORTH THROUGH DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES. SOME CITIES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING INCLUDE...CANBY...MONTEVIDEO...APPLETON... MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES TO THE EAST OF THIS. BOTH ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE CONTINUED OVER THIS AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS CONTINUES TO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY...BUT IN GENERAL CONDITIONS ARE STILL VERY POOR DUE TO THE WIND. FURTHER TO THE EAST...IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME AREAS SEEING LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION AND LIKELY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AN UPGRADE TO ANOTHER BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAY OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT FIRST...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY AFTERNOON AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARRIVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ANOTHER FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. CONTINUING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT ALSO LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. FURTHER TO THE EAST...IN THE ADVISORY AREA...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EARLY EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OF UP TO NEAR AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY OCCUR. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT...REACHING TO BELOW ZERO VALUES FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE TONIGHT AND CLOSE TO IT IN EASTERN MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. MORE SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY...WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON * MAIN IMPACTS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET RETURN BY THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE CLOSE TO FREEZING...GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ073-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS AT FIRST...BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...FOUR OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN...WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY AFTER 2 PM. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN...BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW...BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO EARLY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
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.