Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Mar 7, 2011, 3:59 AM CST for 5 counties in Wisconsin; Freeborn County, Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 8, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2011, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2011, 3:59 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Steele County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
285 WWUS43 KMPX 070959 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM OKLAHOMA TO ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FARIBAULT...TO RED WING...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD DROP OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY NORTH OF THIS LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-071800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.110309T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 359 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY EVENING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FRANKS
3 follow-up statements
247 WWUS43 KMPX 071758 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1158 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH AREA STRETCHES FROM ALBERT LEA THROUGH RED WING TO CORNELL AND EAU CLAIRE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM OKLAHOMA TO ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SPREADING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FARIBAULT...TO RED WING...TO CORNELL. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD DROP OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY NORTH OF THIS LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-080200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.110309T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1158 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY EVENING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ RAH
958 WWUS43 KMPX 080130 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 730 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA THROUGH RED WING AND MENOMONIE AND CORNELL. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CITIES OF OWATONNA... EAU CLAIRE AND DURAND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM OKLAHOMA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... SPREADING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD DROP OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY NORTH OF THIS LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-080930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.110309T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 730 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY EVENING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEAST INCREASING IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
669 WWUS43 KMPX 080959 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL REMAIN OVER FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM NEAR BLUE EARTH...TO FARIBAULT...TO THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO RICE LAKE. AREAS FROM ALBERT LEA TO ZUMBROTA...TO DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE COULD SEE UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. AREAS FROM NEAR WASECA...TO THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO RICE LAKE COULD PICK UP 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY. MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-081800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.110309T0000Z-110310T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0034.110309T0300Z-110310T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 359 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEAST INCREASING IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ063-070-077-084-092-WIZ015-016-023-081800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0034.110309T0300Z-110310T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-WASECA-FARIBAULT-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... WASECA...BLUE EARTH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 359 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEAST INCREASING IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2011Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2011Every winter storm watch 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.