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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 9, 2012, 9:17 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 10, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2012, 9:17 PM CST (03:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784 WWUS43 KMPX 100317 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM SLOWLY WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM STORM THAT IMPACTED THE REGION TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL HAS NEARLY ENDED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...THOUGH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL END ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING...SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS CONTINUES TO BE DIFFICULT AND WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THE REST OF TONIGHT AS THIS FRESH SNOWFALL IS SLOWLY CLEANED OFF OF ROADS. THEREFORE... TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WHERE THE COMBINATION OF THE NORTHWEST WINDS AND TEMPERATURES FALLING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-101130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.121210T0600Z-121210T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL IS NOW ENDING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ MNZ058-066-067-075-100600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL END BY 10 PM...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-049-101130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.121210T0600Z-121210T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 8 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO FOR TODD AND WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 100600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-100600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
176 WWUS43 KMPX 100609 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM IS FINISHED ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO WESTERN MINNESOTA AND OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN HAS FINALLY EXITED THE REGION. IN ADDITION...AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WITH BRISK WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS A RESULT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-101415- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WERE 10 TO 17 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 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. && $$ MNZ058-066-067-075-100715- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED...BUT ROADS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE 10 TO 17 INCHES. $$ MNZ042-049-101415- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ TODD-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WERE 9 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 100715- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS EXPIRED. STORM TOTALS RANGED FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-100715- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. $$ JRB
574 WWUS43 KMPX 100933 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 333 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK WINDS IS PRODUCING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS A RESULT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THIS REGION THROUGH MID MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES ARE BEING OBSERVED AND WILL CONTINUE. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>057-064-065-073-074-101500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 333 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES. 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. && $$ JRB
130 WWUS43 KMPX 101508 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 908 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 MNZ041-042-047>049-054>057-064-065-073-074-101615- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 908 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD TODAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...BUT THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS HAVE ENDED. $$ BORGHOFF
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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.