Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Feb 18, 2013, 11:35 AM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 12 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2013, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 12:04 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Morris, MN | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND TRAVEL NOT ADVISED ACROSS STEVENS COUNTY AS OF 1204PM |
| Feb 18, 12:10 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Olivia, MN | WIND GUST 42KTS WITH 3/4 VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 18, 12:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Glenwood, MN | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NO TRAVEL ADVISED AS OF 1215PM IN POPE COUNTY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
103 WWUS43 KMPX 181735 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1135 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH...HAVE PUSHED INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE PENETRATED THE CRUSTY TOP LAYER OF SNOW AND AS A RESULT...BLOWING SNOW HAS BECOME A LARGER CONCERN. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOW BEING OBSERVED IN SOME PLACES WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR AND OLIVIA. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...VISIBILITIES ARE MUCH BETTER WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SO THE BLOWING SNOW MAY LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADWAYS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-190145- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130219T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.130218T1735Z-130219T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA 1135 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-059-066>068-073>075-190145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130219T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1135 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW... AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF/JRB
2 follow-up statements
880 WWUS43 KMPX 182140 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 340 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH...HAVE PUSHED INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE PENETRATED THE CRUSTY TOP LAYER OF SNOW AND AS A RESULT...BLOWING SNOW HAS BECOME WIDESPREAD. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED NEAR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR AND OLIVIA. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...VISIBILITIES ARE MUCH BETTER AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT BEING OBSERVED. HOWEVER...TRAVEL IS STILL DIFFICULT IN STRETCHES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...SO THE BLOWING SNOW SHOULD LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADWAYS. FURTHERMORE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-190545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.130219T0600Z-130219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130219T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA 340 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW... AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE BEING REPORTED AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ROADWAYS SHOULD REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED IN STRETCHES FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO FALL AND THE WIND REMAINS STRONG. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-059-066>068-073>075-190545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.130219T0600Z-130219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130219T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 340 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW... AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS * OTHER IMPACTS: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO FALL AND THE WIND REMAINS STRONG PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060-069-076-077-082>085-091>093-190545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.130219T0600Z-130219T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 340 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT * WIND CHILL VALUES: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$
674 WWUS43 KMPX 190546 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1146 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...INCLUDING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. COMBINED WITH LOW TEMPERATURES THAT WILL RANGE FROM 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO AROUND ZERO...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 25 TO 34 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-191400- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130219T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.130219T0600Z-130219T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA 1146 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING * WIND CHILL VALUES: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 34 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-059-066>068-073>075-191400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130219T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.130219T0600Z-130219T1800Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1146 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING * WIND CHILL VALUES: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 34 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060-069-076-077-082>085-091>093-191400- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.130219T0600Z-130219T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1146 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING * WIND CHILL VALUES: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 34 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:40 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 41 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Every blizzard warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.