Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 18, 2012, 5:50 PM CST for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 4:19 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
679 WWUS43 KMPX 182350 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 550 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.. .A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WATCH IS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR AND INCLUDES MARTIN...FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION LIKELY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WINDS SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. COMPLICATING MATTERS IS THE SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW THAT FELL ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING WHICH MAY ALSO BE PICKED UP BY THE STRONG WINDS. MNZ091>093-190800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0004.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 550 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE STRONG WINDS CONTINUING ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TWO TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS CONTINUING ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ RAH/JB
1 follow-up statement
562 WWUS43 KMPX 191019 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 419 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WARNING IS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR AND INCLUDES MARTIN...FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR STEELE AND GOODHUE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA...AND PEPIN AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION LIKELY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WIND SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHERE THERE IS A WINTER STORM WARNING. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW FELL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TUESDAY MORNING WHICH MAY ALSO BE PICKED UP BY THE STRONG WINDS. MNZ091>093-191830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 419 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO FOLLOW THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS REACHING 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL ALONG I-90 AND OTHER RURAL ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WHEN THE WINDS INCREASE AND VISIBILITY DROPS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. && $$ MNZ078-085-WIZ026-028-191830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 419 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO FOLLOW THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$
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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.