Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 22, 2010, 11:50 AM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 22, 2010, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 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 22, 2010, 11:50 AM CST (17:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2010, 3:33 PM CST
- In force
- 22 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 17:52 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 22, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Osakis, MN | DOUGLAS COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT THE TOWN OF OSAKIS WAS WITHOUT POWER. THEY ALSO HAVE HAD SEVERAL CARS SLIDE OFF MAINLY SECONDARY ROADS. |
| Jan 22, 10:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Bertha, MN | FREEZING RAIN... HIGHWAYS ARE EXTREMELY ICY. |
| Jan 23, 7:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Carlos, MN | SLIGHT ICING OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. |
| Jan 23, 2:43 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Bertha, MN | FROM A COCORAHS OBSERVER. |
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, 5.8 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
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
173 WWUS43 KMPX 221750 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1150 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTRY MIX TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE EVOLVING EAST OF THE ROCKIES TODAY WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY. THIS WILL DRAW WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING AND SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA... WITH LESS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM MORE DRAMATICALLY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SLEET TOWARD EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THEN DEVELOP EASTWARD OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SUB-FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY... WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LIKELY GIVING WAY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW AND SLEET COULD ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY. COOLER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO FILTER BACK INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT... ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW THINGS WILL UNFOLD BEYOND SATURDAY. WHEN COLDER AIR DOES ARRIVE... IT WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS... FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO RICE LAKE. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR THAT WILL LIFT INTO THE AREA WITH THIS STORM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ASSESS PRECISELY HOW MUCH SNOW AND ICE WILL OCCUR... AND EXACTLY WHEN THE CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER... THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA... WITH LESSER BUT STILL CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS EXPECTED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS STORM. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-230200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.100123T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.100123T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ 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 1150 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY THIS EVENING... AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT... ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND WET SNOW WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-073-230200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.100123T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.100123T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1150 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING... BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE LIKELY CHANGING TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE COULD LEAD TO A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>069-074-075-WIZ014-015-023-230200- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.100123T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN- NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1150 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING... BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE COULD LEAD TO A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
414 WWUS43 KMPX 222051 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 251 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTRY MIX TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE EVOLVING EAST OF THE ROCKIES THIS EVENING WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY. THIS WILL DRAW WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING AND SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA... WITH LESS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM MORE DRAMATICALLY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SLEET THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THEN DEVELOP EASTWARD OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SUB-FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY... WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LIKELY GIVING WAY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW AND SLEET COULD ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY. COOLER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO FILTER BACK INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT... ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW THINGS WILL UNFOLD BEYOND SATURDAY. WHEN COLDER AIR DOES ARRIVE... IT WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS... FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO RICE LAKE. IN ADDITION... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR THAT WILL LIFT INTO THE AREA WITH THIS STORM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ASSESS PRECISELY HOW MUCH ICE WILL OCCUR... AND EXACTLY WHEN THE CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER... THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA... WITH LESSER BUT STILL CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS EXPECTED IN THE WINTER WEATHER AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS STORM. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-230500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.100123T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ 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 251 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY THIS EVENING... AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT... ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SEVEN TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING IS POSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND WET SNOW WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ016-024>028-230500- /O.NEW.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.100123T0300Z-100123T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 251 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN FROM MID TO LATE EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A TRANSITION TO RAIN IS LIKELY IN SOME AREAS BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>069-073>075-WIZ014-015-023-230500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.100123T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK- BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 251 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING... BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE LIKELY CHANGING TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE COULD LEAD TO A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
760 WWUS43 KMPX 230435 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1035 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE EVOLVING EAST OF THE ROCKIES TONIGHT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD MINNESOTA SATURDAY. THIS IS DRAWING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION. AN INITIAL ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AND HAS PRODUCED UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. THIS HAS RESULTED IN VERY SLICK ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND UNTREATED SURFACES ACROSS PARTS OF MAINLY WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MORE RAIN COMING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR ICING ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MORNING. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH LESS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM MORE DRAMATICALLY. ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SUB-FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN GIVING WAY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW AND SLEET COULD ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO FILTER BACK INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW THINGS WILL UNFOLD BEYOND SATURDAY. WHEN COLDER AIR DOES ARRIVE...IT WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS... FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHERE THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN IS THE GREATEST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO RICE LAKE. IN ADDITION... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS IS IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR THAT WILL LIFT INTO THE AREA WITH THIS STORM...MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ASSESS PRECISELY HOW MUCH ICE WILL OCCUR... AND EXACTLY WHEN THE CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA... WITH LESSER BUT STILL CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS EXPECTED IN THE WINTER WEATHER AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS STORM. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-231245- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ 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 1035 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING... PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MIX BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT... ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING IS POSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND WET SNOW WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ016-024>028-231245- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1035 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A TRANSITION TO RAIN IS LIKELY BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>069-073>075-WIZ014-015-023-231245- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK- BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1035 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL BEGIN MIXING IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE LIKELY CHANGING TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE COULD LEAD TO A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
088 WWUS43 KMPX 230916 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN GRADUALLY CHANGING TO SNOW... .SURFACE TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RAIN TO FREEZE ON UNTREATED SURFACES CAUSING VERY ICY CONDITIONS. AS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM KANSAS INTO THE DAKOTAS MOVES EAST INTO MINNESOTA LATER TODAY...IT WILL DRAG COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA CAUSING THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW. THE CHANGE TO SNOW WILL OCCUR BEFORE NOON IN FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL LIKELY NOT SEE A TRANSITION TO SNOW UNTIL THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD AS ANY TREES OR POWER LINES WITH A COATING OF ICE WILL BE SUBJECT TO BREAKING. PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAY SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE WHILE EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN MAY SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR TWO. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FOR TODAY ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS...WHERE THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN IS THE GREATEST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO RICE LAKE. IN ADDITION... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-231730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ 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 316 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING... PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MIX BY AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT... ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY EVENING IS POSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND WET SNOW WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ016-024>028-231730- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 316 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. A TRANSITION TO RAIN IS LIKELY BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>069-073>075-WIZ014-015-023-231730- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK- BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 316 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO MAINLY RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM SLIGHTLY. THE RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE COULD LEAD TO A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
796 WWUS43 KMPX 231650 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1050 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING AND GRADUALLY MIXING WITH SNOW IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .GROUND TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RAIN TO FREEZE ON UNTREATED SURFACES CAUSING VERY ICY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS ACROSS THIS AREA. AS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE DAKOTAS INTO KANSAS MOVES EAST INTO MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...IT WILL DRAG COLDER AIR INTO THE WESTERN PART OF AREA CAUSING THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SUCH A CHANGE HAS OCCURRED FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY DOWN TO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MONTEVIDEO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE WISCONSIN...TO THE NORTHERN AND FAR WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO REDWOOD FALLS. SOUTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL LIKELY NOT SEE A TRANSITION TO SNOW UNTIL POSSIBLY SOMETIME TONIGHT...AND THEN IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY LIGHT. THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS IS NOT EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON MOST SURFACES. THUS...THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY AND A PORTION OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS AFTERNOON IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MNZ070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-231800- /O.CAN.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T1800Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1050 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. WHILE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES STEADY BETWEEN 34 AND 36 DEGREES...MUCH OF THE RAIN IS REPORTEDLY NO LONGER FREEZING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT IS LIKELY SECONDARY UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH. $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>069-074-075-WIZ023-231800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 1050 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES STEADY BETWEEN 33 AND 36 DEGREES OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MUCH OF THE RAIN IS REPORTEDLY NO LONGER FREEZING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT IS LIKELY SECONDARY UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH. $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-240000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ 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 1050 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...RAIN...WITH INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN...WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO PRIMARILY LIGHT SNOW BY MID-AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY EVENING IS POSSIBLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND WET SNOW WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ016-231800- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T1800Z/ RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LADYSMITH 1050 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH NOON. A TRANSITION TO RAIN IS LIKELY BY AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>059-061-065-066-073-WIZ014-015-240000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- POLK-BARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON 1050 AM CST SAT JAN 23 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...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. THE RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. 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. && $$
712 WWUS43 KMPX 232133 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 333 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...SNOW TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON HAS ALREADY CHANGED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OVER FROM RAIN TO A WET HEAVY SNOW... OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET ACROSS MINNESOTA. THE STORM THAT HAS GENERATED THE MIXED PRECIPITATION THE LAST 24 HOURS IS AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT STRETCHES FROM EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH INTO THE OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS REGION. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THIS BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN CONDENSING INTO A SINGLE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MISSOURI. AS THIS IS OCCURRING...DRIER AIR HAS BEEN FILTERING IN ALOFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WHICH IS HELPING TO CUT OFF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION. BECAUSE OF THE PRECIPITATION WINDING DOWN...ALL OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED...WHILE PARTS OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON TO LONG PRAIRIE HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM. THE REST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORTS FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA HAVE INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SINCE CHANGING OVER. THIS HAS FALLEN ON TOP OF FREEZING RAIN FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...WHICH IS RESULTING IN VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THOUGH SNOW IS WINDING DOWN...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE IT FINALLY TAPERS OFF ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. GIVEN THE WIDE RANGE IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION SCENE ACROSS THE REMAINING ADVISORY AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS ON MINIMALLY TREATED OR UNTREATED ROADS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MNZ041-042-047-048-055-240000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.100123T2133Z-100124T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...BENSON 333 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. 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. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-232245- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 333 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. REMAINING PRECIPITATION IS BEGINNING TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOWEVER...THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA...KEEPING ANY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AN INCH OR LESS...BECAUSE OF THIS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>059-061-065-066-073-WIZ014-015-232245- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- POLK-BARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON 333 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. REMAINING PRECIPITATION IS BEGINNING TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MINNESOTA. HOWEVER...THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE STATE...KEEPING ANY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AN INCH OR LESS...BECAUSE OF THIS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:25 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin and 17 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:51 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 5 more | 21 hr |
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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.