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Winter Weather Advisory 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 30, 2011, 4:01 AM CST for 32 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 30, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2011, 4:01 AM CST (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2011, 9:24 PM CST
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 37 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin 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, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
611 WWUS43 KMPX 301001 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION SNOWFALL EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM WEST CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF AN APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA LINE...AND SOUTH TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER....WHERE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. TWENTY FOUR HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE REGION. LIGHTER SNOWFALLS WILL OCCUR LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OUT OF NORTHEAST ON MONDAY. GIVEN THE FLUFFY NATURE OF THE SNOW... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CREATE SOME PROBLEMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SNOWFALL COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE AND THOSE TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE FORECAST AS THIS SYSTEM EVOLVES. MNZ054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-301800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ058-066-301800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-301800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-301800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
11 follow-up statements
643 WWUS43 KMPX 301759 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOWFALL EVENT BEGINNING THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOWFALLS WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-310200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-310200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-310200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 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. && $$ RAH/MTF
642 WWUS43 KMPX 302011 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOWFALL EVENT BEGINNING THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TODD AND MORRISON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOWFALLS WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MAINLY WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-310415- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-043-310415- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-310415- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-310415- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 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. && $$ RAH
560 WWUS43 KMPX 310339 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...SNOW INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND THIS TREND WILL DEVELOP FARTHER EAST OVERNIGHT...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS. EXPECT THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MAINLY WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-311145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-311145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 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. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-311145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
020 WWUS43 KMPX 310906 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND THEN BECOME SLIGHTLY LIGHTER THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MAINLY WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-311715- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 306 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-311715- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 306 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
750 WWUS43 KMPX 311617 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1017 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SNOW TO PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 9 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA... ESPECIALLY NEAR NEW ULM...MANKATO AND ST PETER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER...FROM GRANITE FALLS TO ST PETER ON SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH AND EAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THIS EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THOSE TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-010030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1017 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING TODAY...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-010030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1017 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RAH/MTF
502 WWUS43 KMPX 312144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SNOW THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL GIVE WAY TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE AN INCH OR TWO...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS REACHING 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW. THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH LOCAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THAT SURROUNDS THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW...MAINLY LIGHT...WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH TO FLURRIES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-010545- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110201T0600Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING: * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN END DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...POCKETS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY POSSIBLE AT TIMES ON TUESDAY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. 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. && $$ MNZ055-057-058-066-067-076-010545- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN END DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-010545- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THEN END DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE UP TO AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 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. && $$ RAH/MTF
569 WWUS43 KMPX 010358 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .THE SNOW HAD DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE REST OF TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOES IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND RUNS THROUGH TUESDAY...FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF NEW FALLEN SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS IN WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE AT TIME. EAST AND WEST BOUND ROADS COULD BECOME VERY SLICK AND COMPACTED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-011200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110201T0600Z-110202T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CAN CELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...LATER TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS TO ALBERT LEA. 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. && $$ MNZ055-057-058-066-067-076-010500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING...THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW HAD ENDED OR DIMINISH TO SCATTERED FLURRIES. $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-010500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. $$
216 WWUS43 KMPX 010919 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 319 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY... .OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER...EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO INCREASE AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. EAST AND WEST BOUND ROADS COULD BECOME VERY SLICK AND COMPACTED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AFTER 9 PM...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WIND SPEEDS HOLDING AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO THE 35 TO 45 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE IN WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AREAS TO THE EAST...WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. MNZ054-056-064-065-073-074-082-091-011730- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 319 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AFTER 9 PM...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. WIND CHILL VALUES AVERAGING 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 9 PM TO NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY... REDWOOD FALLS TO ALBERT LEA. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES LEADING TO FROST BIT AND HYPOTHERMIA. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055-057-058-011730- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 319 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING BELOW 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER 9 PM. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 9 PM TO 12 NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ075-083>085-092-093-011730- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 319 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AFTER 9 PM...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING BELOW 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. WIND CHILL VALUES AVERAGING 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 9 PM TO NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY... REDWOOD FALLS TO ALBERT LEA. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES LEADING TO FROST BIT AND HYPOTHERMIA. 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. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-076>078-011730- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING 319 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING BELOW 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER 9 PM. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 9 PM TO 12 NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JLT
388 WWUS43 KMPX 011605 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1005 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS FOR MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. THE ADVISORY AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON THROUGH MANKATO TO OWATONNA. NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES...WITH TEMPORARY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE THE WORST DRIFTING AND MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO LITCHFIELD TO FAIRMONT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND WIND SPEEDS HOLDING AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO THE 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED IN THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MAKE SURE TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE. MNZ054-056-064-065-073-074-082-091-020015- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1005 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055-057-058-020015- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 1005 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ075-083>085-092-093-020015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1005 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. 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. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-076>078-020015- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING 1005 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ RAH/MTF
548 WWUS43 KMPX 012101 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY AREA STRETCHES FROM ST JAMES THROUGH MANKATO TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN IOWA. NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES...WITH TEMPORARY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS...LIKE INTERSTATE 90...WILL EXPERIENCE THE WORST DRIFTING AND MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO LITCHFIELD TO FAIRMONT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND WIND SPEEDS HOLDING IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO THE 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED IN THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MAKE SURE TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE. MNZ054-056-064-020515- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH INTO THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ082-091-020515- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ047-055-020515- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ STEVENS-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...BENSON 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ065-073-074-020515- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTH WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH INTO THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-020515- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-020515- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ075-020515- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. PETER 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTH WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH INTO THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. 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. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-076>078-020515- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING 301 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ RAH/MTF
806 WWUS43 KMPX 020324 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 924 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... ....DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO LITCHFIELD TO FAIRMONT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND SPEEDS HOLDING IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO THE 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON IN THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MAKE SURE TO COVER AS MUCH FLESH AS POSSIBLE. MNZ082-091-021130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 924 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-021130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 924 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY: * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-021130- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 924 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-021130- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING 924 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 30, 3:51 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 3:51 AM CST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
351 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011
.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM FORECAST CONCERNS REMAIN CLOUD TRENDS AND RESIDUAL
WEAKENING TROUGH OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. WILL HOLD ONTO THE FLURRY MENTION OVER THE EAST WITH
SAID BOUNDARY IN PLACE. THIS SHOULD WEAKEN DURING THE MORNING AS
SURFACE HIGH BUILDS SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA TODAY. COLD ARCTIC
INTRUSION SHOULD LIMIT SIGNIFICANT WARMING TODAY OVER TH WEST.
MORNING HIGHS LIKELY IN THE EAST.
FOCUS OF FORECAST REMAINS SNOW EVENT DEVELOPING RATHER RAPIDLY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE DAKOTAS AND SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA TONIGHT. VARIOUS MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE TO INDICATE BEST
FORCING MAXIMIZED OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH HIGHEST SNOWFALL
RATES COMING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. IT WILL CONTINUE TO SNOW LIGHTLY
PROBABLY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH AS UPPER
TROUGH AND DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER TEXAS REGION BEGINS TO LOFT
NORTHEAST. THIS WILL LEAVE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA IN REGION OF LONG
RANGE LIFT/FORCING AS THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE DEPARTING
UPPER JET OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY
UNTIL THEN. HAVE NECESSARY PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES MOVING ACROSS
REGION AND MIXING RATIOS WITHIN FAVORED LIFT ZONE FOCUSES AROUND 2
G/KG OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AREA INTO MONDAY MORNING. POINT PLUMES
FROM THE 21Z SREF INDICATE TOTAL SNOWFALL VALUES POSSIBLY
REACHING/EXCEEDING 10 INCHES THE SOUTHWEST. WITH A GOOD 4 TO 7
INCHES ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO DURING THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF
SNOW. HAVE ISSUED WATCH OVER AREA WHICH HAD THE WATHC EARLIER.
ADVISORIES ADDED TO THE EAST FOR THE EVENT.
AS SNOW WINDS DOWN LATER MONDAY NIGHT...A NORTH WIND IS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. THIS DEVELOPS
INTO TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTH AS SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. WIND
CHILLS WILL COME CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA WEST BY TUESDAY
MORNING AND APPEARS WEDNESDAY MORNING CLOSE TO WARNING CRITERIA IN
THE WEST. WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WIND TRENDS WITH THIS
SYSTEM. CURRENTLY LOOKS AS THOUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY WILL BE
THE COLDEST OF THIS UPCOMING WEEK. ONLY SLOW MODERATION
THEREAFTER.
&&
.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
CONTINUED COLD...SOMEWHAT CYCLONIC FLOW WAS MAINTAINING MAINLY
MVFR CIGS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THE EXCEPTION DURING THE EVENING
WAS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WHERE SURFACE RIDGING WAS PROVIDING SOME
TEMPORARY CLEARING. MVFR CIGS WERE SPREADING BACK INTO THE AREA
FROM NORTHERN MN. EXPECT THE MVFR CIGS TO CONTINUE INTO THE MID
MORNING BUT WITH SOME BRIEF IFR CIGS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MN AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE WERE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CIGS OVR
NORTHERN WI WHICH MAY BRING TEMPORARY CLEARING...BUT THAT MAY
HELP TO DEVELOP THE IFR CONDITIONS. SOME DRYING MAY BREAK UP THE
MVFR CIGS OVER CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE DEVELOPING SNOW SITUATION SUNDAY
NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP IN THE 23Z-01Z TIME FRAME OVER
WESTERN MN...THEN INTO THE EAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. VSBYS WILL DROP
TO NEAR 1 1/2SM IN SNOW OVER MOST OF MN TAF SITES BY THE END OF
THE PERIOD. CIGS WILL DROP TO IFR FROM KAXN TO KRWF. NNE WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.
KMSP...MVFR CIGS OVERNIGHT...WITH LEVELS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW
017. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL HELP TO BREAK UP THE MVFR CIGS BY
AROUND NOON. EXPECT SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT
WITH VSBYS DROPPING TO 3SM AND THE DOWN TO IFR AND AT LEAST AS LOW
AS 1 1/2SM AFTER MIDNIGHT. CIGS WILL DROP TO 025 BEFORE 06Z AND
FINALLY 010 OR IFR BEFORE 12Z MONDAY. NNE WINDS GENERALLY BELOW 10
KNOTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY
FOR BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-KANDIYOHI-
LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-
REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-STEELE-SWIFT-WASECA-WATONWAN-YELLOW
MEDICINE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY FOR ANOKA-BENTON-CARVER-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-GOODHUE-
HENNEPIN-POPE-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-
WASHINGTON-WRIGHT.
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY FOR DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-ST. CROIX.
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DWE/JPRHazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 2:37 PM CST, 13 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 237 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 302045- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 237 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND LARGE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND QUICKLY SPREAD EAST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING ON TUESDAY. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS ON TUESDAY...BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY MORRIS...TO WILLMAR...TO FARIBAULT. NORTH OF THIS LINE...THE SNOW TOTALS SHOULD NOT BE AS HIGH...BUT A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED BY FALLING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING...AND THE WIND SHOULD INCREASE IN SPEED ON MONDAY. ALTHOUGH THE WIND WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES...MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER OUTLOOKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 42 hr |
Nearby
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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.