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Wind Chill Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 8, 20119 counties in Wisconsin; 21 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 8, 2011, 11:58 AM CST for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2011, 11:58 AM CST (17:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 9, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 30 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2011-02-08Temperature 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 2011-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
1125 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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.

935 
WWUS43 KMPX 081758
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1158 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS PERSIST...

.WIND CHILL ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN RE-ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON ON
WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A ST CLOUD...TO MANKATO...TO
BLUE EARTH LINE. ANOTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY.

BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 15
MPH TO YIELD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AROUND 25 BELOW THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS TEMPERATURES DROP AGAIN
THIS EVENING...WIND CHILL READINGS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL DROP TO BETWEEN
25 AND 35 BELOW. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND 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>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-090200-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.110209T0300Z-110209T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-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...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
WASECA...OWATONNA...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
1158 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT
NOON CST TODAY. 


* TIMING...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD AFTER
  DARK THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES 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. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-090200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
1158 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

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

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

* TIMING...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW WILL PERSIST
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME EVEN MORE DANGEROUS TONIGHT
  INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES DROP.

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES 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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
799 
WWUS43 KMPX 082048
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
248 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE...

.WIND CHILL ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF A ST CLOUD...TO MANKATO...TO BLUE EARTH LINE.
ANOTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY.

BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WINDS OF 10 TO
15 MPH TO YIELD WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW
OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND 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.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-090500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
248 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

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

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

* TIMING...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT
  AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES 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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-090500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.110209T0300Z-110209T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-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...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
WASECA...OWATONNA...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
248 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD 
  AFTER DARK THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES 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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
034 
WWUS43 KMPX 090313
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
913 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE...

.WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY...FOR
ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. 

SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO
YIELD WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW OVERNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MOST DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE
REALIZED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND 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.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-091115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
913 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

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

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

* TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES 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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-091115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-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...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
WASECA...OWATONNA...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
913 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

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

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

* TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
  AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES 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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
778 
WWUS43 KMPX 090959
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON TODAY...FOR
ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL
YIELD WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW THIS MORNING.
THE MOST DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE REALIZED BETWEEN
DAYBREAK AND 9 AM.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND 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.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-091800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
359 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

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

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

* TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
  MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES 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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-091800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-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...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
WASECA...OWATONNA...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
359 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

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

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

* TIMING...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
  MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT....WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
380 
WWUS43 KMPX 091751
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1151 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND CHILL VALUES REMAINING VERY COLD...

.ALTHOUGH WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUED TO REMAIN VERY COLD THIS
MORNING...EXPECT VALUES THIS AFTERNOON TO CLIMB TO AROUND -15
BELOW ZERO. 

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-091900-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
1151 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. 

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-091900-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-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...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
WASECA...OWATONNA...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
1151 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. 

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JLT

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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.