Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Nov 19, 2011, 11:35 AM CST for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2011, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 6 W Bellingham, MN | |
| Nov 19, 3:32 PM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Murdock, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
255 WWUS43 KMPX 191735 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1135 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT THIS SEASON... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER IN CHANHASSEN HAD UPGRADED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE 600 PM THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS AND HAZARDOUS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO ST CLOUD...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE MADISON...BENSON AND APPLETON AREAS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AND DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. MNZ054>056-200000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111120T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0016.111119T1735Z-111120T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO 1135 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 7 INCHES IN THE BENSON...APPLETON AND MADISON AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED AND RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AND TREACHEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-057>059-064-WIZ014>016-200145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111120T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 1135 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. ...FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY NEAR 5 INCHES FROM BENSON TO ST. CLOUD TO MORA MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED AND RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
477 WWUS43 KMPX 192056 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 256 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND EAU CLAIRE. A BAND OF INTENSE SNOWFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE COURSE OF 3 TO 4 HOURS. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ST. CLOUD EAST TOWARD CAMBRIDGE AND ACROSS THE US 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE CAUSE THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH 8 PM. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AND DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. MNZ054>056-200000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111120T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO 256 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL COME TO AN END BY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 7 INCHES IN THE BENSON...APPLETON AND MADISON AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED AND RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AND TREACHEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. && $$ MNZ060>063-070-078-WIZ023>028-200300- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111120T0300Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 256 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY NEAR 5 INCHES FROM BENSON TO ST. CLOUD TO MORA MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED AND RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-064-200000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111120T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... GRANITE FALLS 256 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-057>059-WIZ014>016-200300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111120T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 256 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every winter storm warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.