Alert archive / Minnesota / Excessive Heat Watches in 2011
Excessive Heat Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this excessive heat watch at Jul 15, 2011, 3:40 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 16, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2011, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2011, 3:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- 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 08:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
981 WWUS73 KMPX 150840 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 340 AM 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 PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS WATCH BEGINS IN WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THE WATCH BEGINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DURING THE WATCH PERIOD...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. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-151700- /O.NEW.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 340 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 90S. * 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093- WIZ014>016-023>028-151700- /O.NEW.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 340 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 90S. * HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JLT
6 follow-up statements
536 WWUS73 KMPX 151859 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 159 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 PROLONGED PERIOD OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS WATCH BEGINS IN WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THE WATCH BEGINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DURING THE WATCH PERIOD...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. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-160400- /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 159 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 90S. * 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093- WIZ014>016-023>028-160400- /O.CON.KMPX.EH.A.0002.110717T1700Z-110721T0200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 159 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 90S. * HEAT INDEX...105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$
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. && $$
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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this excessive heat watch went out at Jul 15, 2:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 208 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 .DISCUSSION... SEVERAL CONCERNS EARLIER THIS MORNING ON WHETHER TO HOLD ONTO HIGH POPS THIS MORNING...INCREASING POPS OVERNIGHT IN THE SE FA...AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THE UPCOMING HEAT AND HUMIDITY. EARLY MORNING CONVECTION WAS MAINLY ACROSS ND/SD WHERE BETTER MOISTURE ADV IS NOTED. IN ADDITION...LAST NIGHT WE HAD A BETTER ORIENTATION OF THE LOW LEVEL JET TO THE SW. EARLY THIS MORNING THIS HASN'T DEVELOP AND DRIER AIR AT 70H IS ALSO INHIBITING TSRA DEVELOPMENT IN OUR REGION. WILL LIKELY DECREASE POPS THIS MORNING...THRU THE AFTN BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS ON RADAR AND SHORT TERM MODEL DETERMINATION. BUT...WILL SEE HOW THE CONVECTION IN SD/ND TRANSLATES TO THE EAST IN THE NEXT TWO HRS BEFORE DECREASING TO SLIGHT CHC OR NIL. AS WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSIONS...THE IMPENDING HEAT WAVE IS ON TRACK TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY IN THE WEST...AND MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF THE FA BY SATURDAY. USUALLY ON THE INITIAL ONSET OF THIS TYPE OF PATTERN WITH A SURGE OF VERY WARM AIR...A LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION DEVELOPS ON THE EDGE OF THIS HEAT WAVE. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY IS NOTING A POTENT SHRTWV ACROSS NE/CO WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NE/SD...AND INTO SW MN BY LATE THIS AFTN. INCREASING LIFT AHEAD OF THIS WAVE...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ALONG IT. ONLY PROBLEM IS THE ORIENTATION OF THIS WAVE ONCE INTO MOVES TO THE E/NE INTO SW MN THIS EVENING. THE BEST SCENARIO IS HAVE LIKELY OR CATEGORICAL POPS IN THE FAR S...AND HIGH CHC POPS ELSEWHERE. AM LEANING TOWARD 60/70S IN SC/EC MN BY THIS EVENING...THEN PLACING THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE SE FA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS PLACEMENT SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON MODEL TRENDS OVER THE PAST DAY. AS FOR SATURDAY DAYTIME PERIOD...THIS WILL DEPEND UPON ANY TYPE OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT DEVELOPS FROM THE COMPLEX FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL HOLD ONTO CHC POPS IN THE SE FA DUE TO SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS BOUNDARY AND AMPLE INSTABILITY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FA...STRENGTHENING CAP SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY TYPE OF TSRA ACTIVITY PAST FRIDAY NIGHT. SVR WX ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WNDS AND LARGE HAIL. WILL HEIGHTLIGHT THE MORNING HWO FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. AS FOR THE HEAT...THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HEAT INDICES WILL SOAR WELL ABV HEAT ADV CRITERIA BY SUNDAY. THE FAR SW FA MAY SEE THESE HEAT INDICES BY SATURDAY AFTN BASED ON CURRENT TEMPS/HUMIDITY LEVELS. DUE TO STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND HEAT INDICES REMAINING HIGH THRU WEDNESDAY...WILL BE ISSUING A HEAT WATCH STARTING SAT AFTN IN THE SW FA...AND EXPANDING IT TO ALL OF THE FA FROM SUNDAY THRU WEDNESDAY. THERE IS SOME CONCERNS IN THE FAR N/NE FA AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTHWARD LATE SUNDAY/MONDAY. I MAY RECONSIDER A FEW COUNTIES IN THESE AREAS ON A HEAT WATCH AND LET THE NEXT SHIFTS CONSIDER EXPANDING IT FURTHER. NOT OTHER CHG IN THE FORECAST BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO CONSIDER LOWERING TEMPS A FEW DEGREES IF THIS FRONT DECIDES TO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH THAN EXPECTED. ..JLT.. && .AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/ SFC WARM FRONT TAKING SHAPE ACROSS NRN SODAK AND WORKING DOWN ALONG THE MN RIVER THIS EVENING. EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUDS WITH SOME DRIZZLE REMAINS IN PLACE NORTH OF THE FRONT...AND SHOULD MOST OF THE NIGHT. WAS NOT QUITE AS PESSIMISTIC AS GFSLAMP WITH CIGS OUTSIDE OF AXN TONIGHT...AS RUC HAS BEEN PERSISTENT WITH BRINGING SOME DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR UP FROM IA THROUGH THE NIGHT...WHICH SHOULD HELP HOLD CIGS UP ACROSS ERN MN AND WI. THIS IDEA IS BEING SUPPORTED BY LAST FEW FRAMES OF 11-3.9 SAT IMAGERY...WHICH SHOWS A FEW HOLES IN CLOUDS SHOWING UP SOUTH OF MSP. WATCHING WHAT HAS BEEN PERSISTENT AREA OF THUNDER OVER NRN SODAK TONIGHT. HAVE SLOWED ONSET OF PRECIP SOME AT AXN/STC...TO COME MORE IN LINE WITH SLOWER HRRR TIMING. IN ADDITION SYNTHETIC SAT IMAGERY MENTIONED IN UPDATE SECTION ABOVE IS NOW RUNNING A BIT FAST...LENDING SOME CREDENCE TO THE SLOWER IDEA. BEST THUNDER POTENTIAL TONIGHT STILL LOOKS TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL MN...WITH AXN/STC LOOKING TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCES. FOR THE AFTERNOON...WAVE CURRENTLY OVER NRN CO PEGGED BY MODELS TO BE APPROACHING WRN MN BY THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE OUT AHEAD OF THIS WAVE...WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LIKELY ACROSS WRN MN BETWEEN 18Z AND 21Z...WORKING EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. KMSP...FOR CIGS...DRYING SHOWING UP ON SAT TO THE SOUTH MAY LEAD TO SOME VFR OBS TONIGHT...BUT DO EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO PREVAIL THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING. AT THE VERY LEAST...THE DRY AIR SHOULD KEEP CIGS FROM GETTING AS LOW AS THE GFSLAMP WOULD INDICATE...WITH CIGS LIKELY REMAINING ABOVE THE 017 MARK. NO THUNDER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH DAKOTAS ACTIVITY APPROACHING THE AREA AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE LOW IN ACTIVITY IMPACTING THE FIELD IN THE MORNING...BUT CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. BETTER POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER LOOKS TO COME FRIDAY NIGHT AS STRONG SHORT WAVE ROTATES AROUND THE SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE...LIKELY BRINGING A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES FRIDAY NIGHT. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && JLT/MPG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 7:16 PM CDT, 8 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 716 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 160030- 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- 716 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN THE WESTERN DAKOTAS EARLY THURSDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO HEAD EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT...REACHING WESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND PROGRESSING EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE GREATEST HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. URBAN AREAS AND AREAS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING WHERE HEAVIER RAIN OCCURS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TONIGHT FOR MAINLY WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. AGAIN THE HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY DURING THIS PERIOD. DUE TO THE INCREASE IN INSTABILITY...FRIDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE THE BEST WINDOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH DAYTIME HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE WARM UP BEGINS ON FRIDAY...AND MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S FOR 5 OR 6 DAYS IN A ROW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 5:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Stearns, Todd | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 79 min |
| Jul 15, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 8:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 5 days |
| Jul 15, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 12:52 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 22 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 5 days |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.