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Excessive Heat Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 15, 201142 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 15, 2011, 3:46 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 16, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days. 59 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
Jul 15, 2011, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 16, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 20, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 17, 12:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 53Montevideo, MNWIND GUST MEASURED AT MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Jul 17, 12:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Montevideo, MNBRANCHES AT THE TOP OF TREES UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN OFF.
Jul 17, 10:08 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 53Morris, MNMEASURED AT MORRIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
Jul 17, 11:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 S Kandiyohi, MNLARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS COUNTY RD 8.
Jul 19, 9:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Ronneby, MNBRANCHES AND LIMBS UP TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWNED IN OAK PARK.
Jul 19, 9:41 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Foreston, MNA FEW LARGE TREES FELLED.
Jul 19, 9:45 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGForeston, MNSEVERAL TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREES EITHER UPROOTED OR SPLIT IN TWO.A FEW SCREEN DOORS RIPPED OFF HOUSES.
Jul 19, 10:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMilaca, MNSEVERAL TREES DOWN...POWER OUT.
Jul 19, 10:13 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 56Princeton, MNMEASURED AT PRINCETON AIRPORT.
Jul 19, 10:17 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGPrinceton, MNSEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Jul 19, 10:18 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGPrinceton, MNSEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN, INCLUDING EVERGREENS. OCCURRED NEAR 12917 STATE HIGHWAY 95.
Jul 19, 10:19 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 58Princeton, MNMEASURED AT AIRPORT
Jul 19, 10:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGZimmerman, MNTWENTY FOUR INCH DIAMETER TREES TOPPLED. SOME SNAPPED IN TWO. OCCURRED NEAR 25019 JARVIS ST. IN ZIMMERMAN.
Jul 19, 10:20 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 473 Sse Glendorado, MNMEASURED BY RAWS AT SHERBURN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Jul 19, 10:57 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 56Ramsey, MNMEASURED AT PACT CHARTER SCHOOL
Jul 19, 11:02 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDMaple Grove, MNOCCURRED JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATES 694 AND 494.
Jul 19, 11:03 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 592 Nw Anoka, MNMEASURED AT APRSNET SITE.
Jul 19, 11:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGAnoka, MNTREES 12 TO 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER TOPPLED. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON WEST SIDE OF CITY.
Jul 19, 11:13 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGZimmerman, MNTWENTY FOUR INCH DIAMETER TREES TOPPLED. SOME SNAPPED IN TWO. OCCURRED NEAR HUNTER LAKE.
Jul 19, 11:15 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Brooklyn Park, MNTIME ESTIMATED.
Jul 19, 11:25 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0Brooklyn Park, MNWATER UP TO CURB DEEP ON STREETS IN TOWN.
Jul 19, 11:33 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Brooklyn Center, MN
Jul 19, 11:33 AM CDTHAIL 0.88New Brighton, MNOCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATES 694 AND 35W.
Jul 19, 11:33 AM CDTHAIL 12 Wnw Roseville, MN
Jul 19, 11:34 AM CDTHAIL 1New Brighton, MN
Jul 19, 11:35 AM CDTHAIL 1New Brighton, MNOCCURRED NEAR COUNTY ROAD E2 AND 35W.
Jul 19, 11:40 AM CDTFLASH FLOODSpring Lake Park, MNOCCURRED NEAR MIDDLETON ROAD.
Jul 19, 11:44 AM CDTHAIL 0.88St Paul, MNSOUTH SIDE OF LAKE COMO
Jul 19, 11:47 AM CDTHAIL 1Roseville, MNOCCURRED NEAR SNELLING AND HIGHWAY 46 AT THE ROSEDALE MALL.
Jul 19, 11:55 AM CDTHAIL 1.25Roseville, MN
Jul 19, 12:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0Roseville, MNFAIRVIEW AVE UNDERPASS FLOODED AT HIGHWAY 36 INTERSECTION. WATER UP TO 1 1/2 FEET DEEP. CAR STALLED.
Jul 19, 12:06 PM CDTHAIL 1.25St Paul, MN
Jul 19, 12:07 PM CDTHAIL 1St Paul, MN
Jul 19, 12:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.88St Paul, MN
Jul 19, 12:18 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Mendota Heights, MNOCCURRED NEAR PILOT ROAD AND I494.
Jul 19, 12:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.75West St Paul, MNOCCURRED NEAR 908 LIVINGSTON AVE.
Jul 19, 12:20 PM CDTHAIL 1Mendota Heights, MN
Jul 19, 12:27 PM CDTHAIL 1Mendota Heights, MN
Jul 19, 12:28 PM CDTHAIL 0.75West St Paul, MNOCCURRED NEAR 908 LIVINGSTON AVE.
Jul 19, 6:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLadysmith, WIA FEW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG 600 BLOCK OF PETERSON.
Jul 19, 6:28 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTony, WIA FEW POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 8 IN TOWN.
Jul 19, 7:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFrederic, WIPOWER LOST ACROSS TOWN.
Jul 19, 7:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ssw Mckinley, WITREES DOWN. BOATS LIFTED. DOCKS DESTROYED. NUMEROUS BUILDINGS DAMAGED NEAR PIPE LAKE. DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED AROUND JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. DAMAGE SURVEY MAY BE NEEDED.
Jul 19, 7:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 N Range, WITREE DOWN OVER ROAD.
Jul 19, 7:47 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDTurtle Lake, WI
Jul 19, 7:51 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 S Turtle Lake, WIFUNNEL APPEARS TO HAVE GONE BACK UP.
Jul 19, 7:52 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTurtle Lake, WITREE DAMAGE
Jul 19, 7:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Clayton, WILARGE BRANCHES DOWN. STRONG WIND LASTED FOR 10-15 MINUTES.
Jul 19, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 1Comstock, WI
Jul 19, 8:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBarron, WIFEW TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS.
Jul 19, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGChetek, WITREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
Jul 19, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDallas, WITREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
Jul 19, 8:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wsw Sand Creek, WITREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
Jul 19, 8:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGChetek, WITREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
Jul 19, 8:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDallas, WITREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
Jul 19, 8:47 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 01 Ene Cornell, WILOTS OF STREET FLODDING
Jul 19, 8:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 E New Auburn, WITREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
Jul 19, 9:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Jim Falls, WITREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 178.
Jul 19, 9:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGEau Claire, WITREES DOWN ON POWER LINE.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1183 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

907 
WWUS73 KMPX 152046
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY STARTING SATURDAY...

.THE ONSET OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA
STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST...AND THEN
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON
SUNDAY.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TWIN CITIES
WITH AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINING IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE UPPER 70S...TO
LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

MNZ060-062-160600-
/O.UPG.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL
346 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY
TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID 90S WITH LOW
  TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES.

* HEAT INDEX...AROUND 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-160600-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110716T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-
MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
346 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH LOW
  TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059-061-063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-
WIZ014>016-023>028-160600-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-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...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
346 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH LOW
  TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$
18 follow-up statements
382 
WWUS73 KMPX 160525
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1225 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BEGINNING TODAY...

.THE ONSET OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA
STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON
SUNDAY.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TWIN CITIES WITH AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE UPPER 70S TO
LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

MNZ060-062-161330-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL
1225 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 90S WITH LOW 
  TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES. 

* HEAT INDEX...AROUND 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-161330-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110716T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-
MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
1225 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059-061-063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-
WIZ014>016-023>028-161330-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-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...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1225 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$
953 
WWUS73 KMPX 160737
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
237 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BEGINNING TODAY...

.THE ONSET OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA
TODAY AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY. THE OPPRESSIVE
HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY
OF NEXT WEEK. 

DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND ADJOINING AREAS
OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 9 PM ON
WEDNESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST
OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 9 PM ON
WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE
MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-161545-
/O.UPG.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110716T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110716T1800Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-
MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
237 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059-061-063-066>070-075>077-083-084-092-WIZ014-
023-161545-
/O.UPG.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110716T1800Z-110721T0200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-FARIBAULT-POLK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO...
WASECA...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
237 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ060-062-161545-
/O.EXT.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110716T1800Z-110721T0200Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL
237 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH
  LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES.

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ015-016-024>028-161545-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
237 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

RAH
037 
WWUS73 KMPX 161513
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1013 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BEGINNING TODAY...

.THE ONSET OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA
TODAY AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY. THE OPPRESSIVE
HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY
OF NEXT WEEK.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND ADJOINING
AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
9 PM ON WEDNESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE
MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-WIZ014-023-162315-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110716T1800Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
1013 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ015-016-024>028-162315-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1013 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$
656 
WWUS73 KMPX 162034
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
334 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BEGINNING TODAY...

.THE ONSET OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA
TODAY AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY. THE OPPRESSIVE
HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY
OF NEXT WEEK.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ADJOINING
AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 9
PM ON WEDNESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE WARNING WILL BEGIN FOR THE
REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN
IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE
MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ015-016-024>028-170445-
/O.UPG.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
334 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY
TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. 

* HEAT INDEX...104 TO 108 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-WIZ014-023-170445-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
334 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$
327 
WWUS73 KMPX 170315
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1015 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

.OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY
ALLOWING LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COOLING NON-AIR CONDITIONED
BUILDINGS.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ADJOINING
AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY. AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL BEGIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS EACH AFTERNOON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY 
FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-WIZ014-023-171115-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
1015 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ015-016-024>028-171115-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1015 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. 

* HEAT INDEX...104 TO 108 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$
487 
WWUS73 KMPX 170908
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
408 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

.DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES... AND ADJOINING
AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY. AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL BEGIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH
9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
EACH AFTERNOON... WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING
INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS... AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-WIZ014-023-171800-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
408 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 115 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK... THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY... CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS... AND PETS.

&&

$$

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ015-016-024>028-171800-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
408 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. 

* HEAT INDEX...104 TO 108 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK... THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY... CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS... AND PETS.

&&

$$
504 
WWUS73 KMPX 172131
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
431 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

.DUE TO THE EXPECTED PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES... AND ADJOINING
AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY. AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING BEGINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM ON
WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
EACH AFTERNOON... WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING
INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS... AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
180545-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
431 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 115 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK... THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY... CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS... AND PETS.

&&

$$
276 
WWUS73 KMPX 180449
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1149 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY... AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES... AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN... THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY. 

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
EACH AFTERNOON... WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING
INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS... AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
181300-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1149 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 115 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK... THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY... CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS... AND PETS.

&&

$$

RAH
516 
WWUS73 KMPX 180932
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
432 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN... THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
EACH AFTERNOON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING
INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
181745-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
432 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S. 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 115 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE
AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
224 
WWUS73 KMPX 181536
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1036 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
EACH AFTERNOON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING
INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
182345-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1036 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH 
  LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S. 

* HEAT INDEX...105 TO 115 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
994 
WWUS73 KMPX 190025
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
725 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
191030-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
725 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE
  MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH TUESDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS ONCE
  AGAIN RISING INTO THE 90S. 

* HEAT INDEX...OVERNIGHT HEAT INDICES AROUND 80 TO 85...WITH
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 118 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$

JLT
784 
WWUS73 KMPX 190921
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
421 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
BOTH TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
191730-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
421 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE
  MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH HIGHS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ONCE
  AGAIN RISING INTO THE 90S.

* HEAT INDEX...OVERNIGHT HEAT INDICES AROUND 80 TO 85...WITH AFTERNOON
  HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 118 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
239 
WWUS73 KMPX 191911
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
211 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
BOTH TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
200315-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
211 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO 
  THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH HIGHS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY 
  ONCE AGAIN RISING INTO THE 90S. 

* HEAT INDEX...OVERNIGHT HEAT INDICES AROUND 80 TO 85...WITH 
  AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 118 DEGREES. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
090 
WWUS73 KMPX 200441
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1141 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.


LOWS TONIGHT WILL ONCE AGAIN ONLY FALL INTO THE MID 70S AND LOWER
80S...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AGAIN
EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A COLD FRONT COMING
THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FINALLY PROVIDE SOME RELIEF
FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
201245-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1141 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE
  MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH HIGHS WEDNESDAY ONCE AGAIN RISING
  INTO THE 90S.

* HEAT INDEX...OVERNIGHT HEAT INDICES AROUND 80 TO 85...WITH 
  AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 118 DEGREES. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
179 
WWUS73 KMPX 201136
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
636 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

HIGHS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WILL AGAIN REACH INTO THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 90S...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 105
TO 120 DEGREES. A COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WILL FINALLY PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
201945-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
636 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS TODAY IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. 

* HEAT INDEX...HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON OF 105 TO 120 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
465 
WWUS73 KMPX 201528
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1028 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND MOISTURE CONTINUING THROUGH THIS 
AFTERNOON...

.AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S WITH A HANDFUL OF 100 PLUS READINGS LIKELY. 
HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 105 TO 115 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
A COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING WILL
FINALLY PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE 
TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.


MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
202330-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1028 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS TODAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S.

* HEAT INDEX...HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OF
  105 TO 115 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
859 
WWUS73 KMPX 202049
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
349 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND MOISTURE CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING...

.AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALL OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE
MIDDLE 90S. HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 110 DEGREES...AND
GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT COMING
THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING WILL FINALLY PROVIDE SOME
RELIEF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE
TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...
NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
210200-
/O.CON.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
349 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS TODAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S.

* HEAT INDEX...HEAT INDICES LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OF
  105 TO 115 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A 
  HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...AND PETS.

&&

$$
954 
WWUS73 KMPX 210157
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
857 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT COMING TO AN END THIS EVENING...

.ALTHOUGH THE HEAT INDEX WILL REMAIN IN THE 90S THIS
EVENING...LESS HUMID AND COOLER AIR IS MOVING INTO MINNESOTA
BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THE EXTREMELY HOT AND HUMID
CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL SUBSIDE
CONSIDERABLY BY THURSDAY MORNING.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
210300-
/O.EXP.KMPX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110721T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
857 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

THE HEAT INDEX WILL CONTINUE TO COOL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND MUCH
MORE COMFORTABLE AIR WILL BE IN PLACE BY THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:40 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more36 hr
Jul 15, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas62 min
Jul 15, 5:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDouglas, Todd3 hr
Jul 15, 6:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd62 min
Jul 15, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Stearns, Todd56 min
Jul 15, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Todd61 min
Jul 15, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas55 min
Jul 15, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns55 min
Jul 15, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison79 min
Jul 15, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd57 min
Jul 15, 8:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDouglas, Todd3 hr
Jul 15, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns53 min
Jul 15, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope, Stearns3 hr
Jul 15, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright45 min
Jul 15, 9:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXTodd5 days
Jul 15, 10:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright63 min
Jul 15, 11:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Steele38 min
Jul 15, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice52 min
Jul 15, 12:52 PM CDTFlood WatchMPXAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 22 more13 hr
Jul 15, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca44 min
Jul 15, 3:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 2 more3 hr
Jul 15, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca55 min
Jul 15, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca26 min
Jul 15, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele, Waseca3 hr
Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice3 hr
Jul 15, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca3 hr

Nearby

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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.