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Winter Weather Advisory 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 11:59 AM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Rusk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Scott County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480 WWUS43 KMPX 191759 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1159 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 FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RED WING TO FARIBAULT TO WASECA TO FAIRMONT IN MINNESOTA...AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CORNELL TO ELLSWORTH IN WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES IMMEDIATELY NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...AND BEGIN TO SPREAD NORTH AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA BORDER BY SUNSET. THE AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH A FEW INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TRACK OF THIS STORM TAKES THE BULK OF THE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS IOWA AND WISCONSIN...THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THE MORNING MODEL RUNS. THEREFORE... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY INCREASED AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AS FAR NORTH AS THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE 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. MNZ078-085-WIZ026-028-200200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1159 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 SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL 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. && $$ MNZ077-084-WIZ024-025-027-200200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ RICE-WASECA-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...WASECA...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1159 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS REACHING 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL ALONG I-90 AND OTHER RURAL ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WHEN THE WINDS INCREASE AND VISIBILITY DROPS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ091>093-200200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1159 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE 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. && $$ MNZ063-069-070-076-082-083-WIZ015-016-023-200200- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1159 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
589 WWUS43 KMPX 192106 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STEELE AND FREEBORN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR GOODHUE...RICE...WASECA...FARIBAULT AND MARTIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH PIERCE...PEPIN...DUNN...CHIPPEWA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES IMMEDIATELY NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...AND BEGIN TO SPREAD NORTH AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA BORDER BY SUNSET. THE AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH A FEW INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TRACK OF THIS STORM TAKES THE BULK OF THE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS IOWA AND WISCONSIN...THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THE MORNING MODEL RUNS. THEREFORE... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY INCREASED AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AS FAR NORTH AS THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN STEELE AND FREEBORN COUNTIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHERE THERE IS A WINTER STORM WARNING. MNZ085-093-200600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 306 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS REACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY DROP TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 35 AND OTHER RURAL ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT WHEN THE WINDS INCREASE AND VISIBILITY DROPS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-091-WIZ024-025-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-MARTIN-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 306 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 94 AND OTHER RURAL ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WHEN THE WINDS INCREASE AND VISIBILITY DROPS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ092-WIZ026>028-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ FARIBAULT-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 306 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 94 AND OTHER RURAL ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WHEN THE WINDS INCREASE AND VISIBILITY DROPS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL 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. && $$ MNZ063-069-070-076-082-083-WIZ015-016-023-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 306 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AS WELL. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JPC
344 WWUS43 KMPX 200303 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 903 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA...TO RED WING MINNESOTA...AND UP THROUGH EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING ALONG I-90 IN MINNESOTA...AND I-94 IN WISCONSIN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MNZ085-093-201115- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 903 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS BEGINNING...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-091-WIZ024-025-201115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-MARTIN-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 903 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS BEGINNING...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATES 90 AND 35. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ092-WIZ026>028-201115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ FARIBAULT-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 903 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS BEGINNING...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATES 90 AND 94. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP 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. && $$ MNZ063-069-070-076-082-083-WIZ015-016-023-201115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 903 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS BEGINNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JRB
120 WWUS43 KMPX 200924 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 324 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXPANDED WESTWARD ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST...LEAVING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO LOCALLY 9 INCHES FROM ALBERT LEA TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. AMOUNTS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THAT LINE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL FOLLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND SUCH STRONG WINDS WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO OPEN AREAS...INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS OF FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MNZ084-091-092-201800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 324 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ063-069-201030- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE 324 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAWN...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 2 INCHES. $$ MNZ085-093-201800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 324 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-WIZ024>028-201800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 324 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ070-076-082-083-WIZ015-016-023-201800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 324 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
657 WWUS43 KMPX 201238 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 638 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST...LEAVING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO LOCALLY 8 INCHES FROM ALBERT LEA TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. AMOUNTS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THAT LINE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL FOLLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND SUCH STRONG WINDS WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO OPEN AREAS...INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS OF FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MNZ084-085-091>093-202045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 638 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH... WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-WIZ024>028-202045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 638 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING... THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MNZ070-076-082-083-WIZ015-016-023-202045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 638 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF
006 WWUS43 KMPX 201857 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1257 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE WORKING ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY TAPER OFF IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA THROUGH 6 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE FALLEN FROM ALBERT LEA TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE...WITH AMOUNTS CLOSE TO 12 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST EAU CLAIRE COUNTY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO OPEN AREAS...INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS OF FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ084-085-091>093-210000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1257 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-WIZ024>028-210000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1257 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST EAU CLAIRE COUNTY. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ070-076-082-083-WIZ015-016-023-210000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1257 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THOUGH SNOW HAS ENDED...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
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 Dec 19, 11:30 AM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 11:30 AM CST, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1130 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012
.PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED AT 350 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012/
OVERVIEW...NO MAJOR SURPRISES WITH THE GUIDANCE AVAILABLE THIS
MORNING. WE AND SURROUNDING NWS WILL BE UPDATING WINTER WEATHER
HEADLINES THIS MORNING. MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE GUIDANCE THIS
MORNING...BUT OVERALL THERE IS NICE AGREEMENT. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND WIND IS OF GREATEST CONCERN IN FAR SOUTHERN MN AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WI. THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WILL REQUIRE
WINTER HEADLINES. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE ON THE
SIDELINE WATCHING THIS STORM.
IT'S BEEN A SOMEWHAT BUSY MORNING AND WE'LL KEEP THIS DISCUSSION
SOMEWHAT BRIEF. WE'RE NOW 2-3 PERIODS AWAY FROM A STRONG WINTER
SYSTEM WHICH WILL DUMP DOUBLE DIGIT SNOWFALL FROM OMAHA TO DES
MOINES TO GREEN BAY. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS JUST TOO
FAR NORTH TO GET MUCH IMPACT WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE 19.00Z
NAM...WHICH WAS THE MOST NORTHERNMOST SOLUTION A COUPLE DAYS
AGO...IS NOW ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF MODEL SPREAD. THE 19.00Z GFS
CAME IN A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH...WHICH SEEMS TO BE TIED TO THE
FACT THAT IT IS SLIGHTLY MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE PHASING OF THE
STRONG SOUTHERN STREAM WAY WITH A MORE SUBTLE NORTHERN STREAM
WAVE. THIS SOLUTION WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE SNOW CUT OFF WOULD BE
MORE ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO
DULUTH. THIS SEEMS JUST A BIT TOO FAR NORTH...SO ENDED UP PUTTING
MORE WEIGHT ON THE NAM/EC. THOUGH WE DID NOT TOTAL DISCOUNT THE
GFS IN THE FORECAST. WE ARE STILL CARRYING THE HIGHEST SNOW
TOTALS OF 2-5 INCHES NEAR A LINE FROM EAU CLAIRE TO ALBERT
LEA...WITH A SHARP SNOW GRADIENT TO THE NORTH. BASICALLY...NOT
MUCH MORE THAN A TRACE INCLUDED FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO.
THE BIGGER CONCERN MIGHT BE THE WIND WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REALLY
RAMP UP AS SNOW IS ON IT'S WAY OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY
MORNING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS IN SOUTHERN MN SHOW 20-30 KTS
SUSTAINED IN THE LOWEST 500 FT AND CLOSER TO 35-40 KTS AT THE TOP
OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WITH GOOD UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW WITH HEIGHT. A
FRESH FEW INCHES OF SNOW FELL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR YESTERDAY.
SO...EVEN IF THE SNOW TIED TO THIS SYSTEM IS MINOR...THESE AREAS
ARE QUITE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON
THURSDAY. WE DISCUSSED A BLIZZARD WARNING IN THESE AREAS...BUT FOR
COLLABORATION PURPOSES AND CONFIDENCE LEVEL...WE HELD OFF AT THIS
TIME. SOMETHING TO WATCH THOUGH.
IN THE EXTENDED...RIDGING TAKES HOLD THIS WEEKEND SO THE COLD SNAP
IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM WON'T LAST LONG. HOWEVER...LONG-WAVE
TROUGH MOVES IN FROM THE WEST COAST NEXT WEEK. THIS IS REFLECTED
IN THE 6-10/8-14 DAY CPC OUTLOOKS WHERE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED FROM MN WESTWARD.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE MPX TAF SITES WILL BE SOMEWHAT
SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ISSUANCE...HAVE DECIDED TO GO A BIT
PESSIMISTIC ON MSP/RNH/EAU DUE TO A SLIGHT SHIFT TO A MORE NW
TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE MIDWEST OVER THE NEXT 24
TO 30 HRS. OBS IN NEBRASKA/KANSAS/COLORADO HAVE SHOWN THE SIGNS OF
WHAT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS/MIDWEST OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 12
HRS WITH VLIFR/LIFR CONDS FOR A WIDE AREA. HOW CLOSE THESE CONDS
DEVELOP TO OUR FA...WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT MODEL TRENDS.
SHORT TERM CONCERNS WILL BE LOW STRATUS ACROSS EC MN/WC WI WHICH
WILL LIKELY HOLD NEAR THE MSP/RNH AIRPORTS THRU MID AFTN. EAU WILL
LIKELY HOLD ONTO THESE MVFR/IFR CIGS THRU THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL
BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THRU THE NEXT 6 HRS...THEN BECOME MORE NW
DURING THE EVENING FROM AXN TO STC...THEN EVENTUALLY RNH/RWF/MSP
BY 6Z. EAU/RNH WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SHIFT TO THE NNE/NE DURING THE
EVENING DEPENDING UPON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SFC LOW. RWF MAY
NEED TO BE UPDATED THIS AFTN IF CONDS UPSTREAM IN NEBRASKA MOVE
FURTHER TO THE NW. AT THIS TIME...KEPT RWF IN VFR THRU 3Z... THEN
MVFR/IFR BY THU MORNING AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE NNW. EAU WILL
BE THE WORSE LOCATION IN TERMS OF VSBY/CIGS WITH A GOOD
POSSIBILITY OF VLIFR AFT 9Z.
KMSP...
CURRENT TRENDS OF THE SFC LOW/STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT INTO THE
PLAINS WILL PLACE MSP NEAR THE CUTOFF FROM LIFR...TO A PERIOD OF
IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN -SN/BR/FG. THIS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK
OF THE SFC LOW SO UPDATES WILL BE NEEDED. SHORT TERM CONCERNS IS
THE IFR CIGS WHICH COULD CONTINUE THRU THE AFTN HRS AS THE CIGS
REMAIN S/SSW OF THE AIRPORT. WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF TEMPO
BETWEEN 18-20Z OF CIGS OF 800'... THEN VFR UNTIL THE SNOW BEGINS
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE LIGHT AND VARIABLE... BUT
BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE MORE FROM THE SSW THRU 21Z...THEN LIGHT
AND VARIABLE UNTIL THIS EVENING AS A PREDOMINATE NW FLOW DEVELOPS.
ONCE THE -SN STARTS...EXPECT A RAPID DECREASE IN THE VSBY AND
CIGS...WITH THE WORSE CONDS BETWEEN 7 AND 14Z. EXPECT WINDS TO
INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AFT 14Z.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
THU NIGHT...MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE EARLY. NW WIND 10 TO 15 HIGHER GUSTS.
FRI...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND BECOMING SOUTH.
..JLT..
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-MARTIN-RICE-STEELE-WASECA.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY FOR BLUE EARTH-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-
WATONWAN.
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY FOR BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX.
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CLF/JLTHazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 5:01 AM CST, 6 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 501 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 MNZ091>093-201115- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 501 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A STRONG WINTER SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO IOWA AND FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE ON THE FRINGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED IN A FEW MINNESOTA COUNTIES THAT BORDER IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF NEW SNOW AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND WITH THE WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND OTHER RURAL ROADS ON THURSDAY AS THE WIND PICKS UP. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ON THURSDAY. WIDE OPEN AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ078-085-WIZ026-028-201115- GOODHUE-STEELE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 501 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A STRONG WINTER SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO IOWA AND FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE ON THE FRINGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED IN A FEW MINNESOTA COUNTIES THAT BORDER IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY JUST AS THE SNOW IS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY. THESE WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>077-082>084-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-201115- 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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- 501 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice, Steele and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Goodhue, Steele | 8 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:06 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca | 27 hr |
Nearby
Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2012Every winter weather advisory in 2012
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.