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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 26, 2012, 2:48 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 27, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2012, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
902 WWUS43 KMPX 262048 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 248 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...MEASURABLE SNOW TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTHERN IOWA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY 5 TO 15 MPH...SO NO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OR DRIFTING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE SNOW MAY STILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-270500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.121227T2100Z-121228T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 248 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. * MAIN IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK AND SLOW DOWN TRAVEL. 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. && $$ JRB
6 follow-up statements
388 WWUS43 KMPX 270204 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 804 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...MEASURABLE SNOW TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR AS WIND SPEEDS REMAIN LESS THAN 15 MPH. HOWEVER...THE LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-271100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.121227T2100Z-121228T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 804 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. * MAIN IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADWAYS DURING THE ONSET OF THIS EVENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
161 WWUS43 KMPX 270856 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 256 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SOUTH TO ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. DRIFTING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR AS WIND SPEEDS REMAIN LESS THAN 15 MPH DURING THIS EVENT. HOWEVER...THE LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-271700- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.121227T2100Z-121228T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 256 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...LONG DURATION LIGHT SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
287 WWUS43 KMPX 271705 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1105 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SNOW TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY ON SOUTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. DRIFTING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR DURING THIS EVENT AS WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH. HOWEVER...THE SNOW MAY STILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. MNZ076>078-280115- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.121227T2100Z-121228T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1105 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-280115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.121227T2100Z-121228T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1105 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...A LONG DURATION SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ RAH
248 WWUS43 KMPX 272234 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 434 PM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ...ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...ON SOUTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. DRIFTING OR BLOWING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR DURING THIS EVENT AS WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH. HOWEVER...THE SNOW MAY STILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-280645- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121228T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 434 PM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...A LONG DURATION LIGHT SNOW EVENT WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
743 WWUS43 KMPX 280622 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1222 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...ON SOUTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. DRIFTING OR BLOWING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR DURING THIS EVENT AS WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH. HOWEVER...THE SNOW MAY STILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-281500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121228T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1222 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...A LONG DURATION LIGHT SNOW EVENT WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
529 WWUS43 KMPX 281151 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 551 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THIS MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...ON SOUTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-281800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121228T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 551 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL ACCUMULATION...3 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
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.