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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 19, 201142 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 19, 2011, 3:46 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 20, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2011, 3:46 PM CST (21:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 21, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
In force
24 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 21:43 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 12:00Z, 9.8 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 2011-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

468 
WWUS43 KMPX 192146
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...

.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 AM
THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A MOTLEY...TO
LITCHFIELD...TO ST JAMES LINE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA
ON THURSDAY...AND BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND FALLING
TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS WEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM LATE MORNING THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME DANGEROUS
ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL BECOME COMMON. ALTHOUGH
WINDS WILL DECREASE NOTABLE ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY AND REDUCE THE THREAT FOR BLOWING SNOW...EXTREMELY COLD AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL PROLONG THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

LOW WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA
IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.


MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-200600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0030.110120T1500Z-110121T1500Z/
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 CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY.


* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER 9 AM
  THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY DRASTICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ON
  THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS
  TO AROUND ONE MILE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW
  TO 35 BELOW DEVELOPING LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-200600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110120T1800Z-110121T1500Z/
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-
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
346 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 


* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-200600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110121T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
346 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 


* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ON THURSDAY EVENING
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
950 
WWUS43 KMPX 200321
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
921 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ON THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...

.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 AM
THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A MOTLEY...TO
LITCHFIELD...TO ST JAMES LINE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA THURSDAY MORNING....WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND FALLING
TEMPERATURES OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM
LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WHEN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW
WILL BECOME COMMON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY
NIGHT...REDUCING THE THREAT FOR BLOWING SNOW WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOWEVER...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA WILL CONTINUE FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

LOW WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA
IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-201130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0030.110120T1500Z-110121T1500Z/
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
921 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER 9 AM
  THURSDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY 
  REDUCTIONS TO AROUND ONE MILE. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 
  BELOW TO 35 BELOW DEVELOPING LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND 
  CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-201130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110120T1800Z-110121T1500Z/
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-
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
921 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON 
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-201130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110121T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
921 PM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ON THURSDAY EVENING 
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

RAH
350 
WWUS43 KMPX 201010
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
410 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY INTO FRIDAY...

.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
COLD WIND CHILLS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A MOTLEY...TO LITCHFIELD...TO ST JAMES
LINE.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO USHER MUCH COLDER AIR INTO
THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY LOWER TO 15 BELOW TO 22 BELOW
ZERO BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OR SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. TEMPERATURES WILL 
BEGINS TO LEVEL OFF OR SLIGHTLY RISE BEFORE DAYBREAK OVER WESTERN
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM LATE MORNING INTO TONIGHT. WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL VARY FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
ZERO. PERSONS EXPOSED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME UNDER THESE LOW WIND
CHILLS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT...GLOVES AND SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-201815-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0030.110120T1500Z-110121T1500Z/
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
410 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER 9 AM THIS
  MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY 
  REDUCTIONS TO AROUND ONE MILE. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW
  TO 40 BELOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-201815-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110120T1800Z-110121T1500Z/
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-
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
410 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING

* WIND CHILL VALUES...FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW BY MIDNIGHT
  THEN MODERATING JUST A BIT OVERNIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-201815-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110121T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
410 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING

* WIND CHILL VALUES...SLOWLY FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW
  TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
920 
WWUS43 KMPX 201249 AAA
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
649 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY INTO FRIDAY...

.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
COLD WIND CHILLS IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF
A MOTLEY...TO LITCHFIELD...TO ST JAMES LINE. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS BEEN MOVED UP IN TIME...AS WIND GUSTS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA ARE ALREADY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY OCCURRING
IN THESE AREAS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO USHER MUCH COLDER AIR INTO
THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY LOWER TO 15 BELOW TO 22 BELOW
ZERO BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. TEMPERATURES WILL
BEGINS TO LEVEL OFF OR SLIGHTLY RISE BEFORE DAYBREAK OVER WESTERN
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM LATE MORNING INTO TONIGHT. WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL VARY FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
ZERO. PERSONS EXPOSED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME UNDER THESE LOW WIND
CHILLS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT...GLOVES AND SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-202100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0030.110120T1249Z-110121T1500Z/
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
649 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING AND
  EARLY AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY 
  REDUCTIONS TO AROUND ONE MILE. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 
  BELOW TO 40 BELOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING 
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-202100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110120T1800Z-110121T1500Z/
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-
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
649 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING

* WIND CHILL VALUES...FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW BY 
  MIDNIGHT THEN MODERATING JUST A BIT OVERNIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-202100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110121T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
649 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING

* WIND CHILL VALUES...SLOWLY FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW 
  TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
772 
WWUS43 KMPX 202056
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
256 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 AM CST FRIDAY...AND FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.

WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES
TO YIELD DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL VARY FROM 25 BELOW TO 35
BELOW...WITH WIND CHILLS BRIEFLY APPROACHING 40 BELOW ZERO ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL MN AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

THESE VERY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND
SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.


MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-210500-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110120T2100Z-110121T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-110120T2100Z/
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
256 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW...POSSIBLY NEARING 40
  BELOW FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME NEAR DAYBREAK IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-210500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.110121T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
256 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING

* WIND CHILL VALUES...FALLING TO BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 30 BELOW
  TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-210500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
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-
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
256 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW BY
  MIDNIGHT THEN MODERATING JUST A BIT OVERNIGHT AS WINDS DECREASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
306 
WWUS43 KMPX 210204
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
804 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM FRIDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. 

WIND SPEEDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES
BELOW ZERO WILL YIELD WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35
BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL READINGS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH 40 BELOW ZERO
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MN AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

THESE VERY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN
VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND
SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-091-WIZ014>016-
023>028-211015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-
MARTIN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
804 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW...POSSIBLY NEARING 40 
  BELOW FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME NEAR DAYBREAK IN WEST CENTRAL 
  MINNESOTA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-211015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
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-
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
804 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

RAH
617 
WWUS43 KMPX 210852
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
252 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THIS MORNING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND
MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THROUGH 
9 AM THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...AND THE
TWIN CITIES IN MINNESOTA...WHILE IT INCLUDES EAU CLAIRE IN
WISCONSIN. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH NOON
FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD...AND WILLMAR.

WHILE WIND SPEEDS ARE LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE UPON US AND EVEN WINDS OF JUST 5
MPH ARE CREATING WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE
INTO MID-MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WHILE ACTUAL AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN
30 AND 40 BELOW ZERO...BEFORE CLIMBING TO 15 TO 25 BELOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

THESE VERY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.


MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065-211700-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
RENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA
252 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN
  PLACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043-050-211700-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1800Z/
MORRISON-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY
252 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN
  PLACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-WIZ014>016-023>028-211500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
252 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID-MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-211500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1500Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...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
252 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID-MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
161 
WWUS43 KMPX 211211
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
611 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THIS MORNING...

.THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND
MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THROUGH
10 AM THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...AND THE
TWIN CITIES IN MINNESOTA...WHILE IT INCLUDES EAU CLAIRE IN
WISCONSIN. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR A PORTION OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA... ST
CLOUD...AND WILLMAR.

WHILE WIND SPEEDS ARE LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE UPON US AND EVEN WINDS OF JUST
5 MPH ARE CREATING WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL
CONTINUE INTO MID-MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WHILE ACTUAL
AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL REMAIN
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 BELOW ZERO...BEFORE CLIMBING TO 15 TO 25 BELOW
THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE VERY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.


MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-WIZ014>016-023>028-211600-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1600Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
611 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID-MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-211600-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...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
611 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID-MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065-211800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
RENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA
611 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043-050-211800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1800Z/
MORRISON-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY
611 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE OF 30 BELOW ZERO IN
  PLACES THROUGH 9 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
360 
WWUS43 KMPX 211609
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1009 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THIS MORNING...

.THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...ST. CLOUD...AND
WILLMAR. THE ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS EXPIRED.

ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE INCREASED
INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE AS A SURFACE HIGH CONTINUES TO SLIDE
EAST. WHILE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO BETWEEN 10 AND
15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...THE INCREASE IN WIND SPEED HAS RESULTED IN WIND
CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES
WILL REMAIN THIS LOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING...BEFORE
CLIMBING TO 15 TO 25 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE VERY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.

MNZ044-045-051>054-059>064-066>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-
WIZ014>016-023>028-211715-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-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-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...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
1009 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.



$$

MNZ041>043-047>050-055>058-065-211800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA
1009 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
249 
WWUS43 KMPX 211804
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1204 PM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR A PORTION OF WEST 
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES 
ALEXANDRIA...MONTEVIDEO...LONG PRAIRIE...AND WILLMAR. 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST WINDS IN
THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE HAVE COMBINED WITH ACTUAL AIR
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 13 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO GENERATE WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 25 AND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. WITH
ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
BELOW ZERO...THESE DANGEROUS WIND VALUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS THIS EVENING WILL
ALLOW FOR WIND CHILL VALUES TO CLIMB TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY
EARLY THIS EVENING.

THESE VERY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING.

MNZ041-042-047>049-055>057-212200-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.110121T1804Z-110121T2200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR
1204 PM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS 4 PM TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043-050-058-065-211915-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T1800Z/
MORRISON-BENTON-MEEKER-RENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...
OLIVIA
1204 PM CST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 3:46 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXBrown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 10 more23 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Wind Chill Advisories in Wisconsin, 2011Every wind chill advisory in 2011

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.