Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches in 2013
Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard watch at Mar 16, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT for 26 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2013, 12:32 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
764 WWUS43 KMPX 170145 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 845 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP AND BRING A QUICK BURST OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. THIS STORM WILL BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND DRIVE A POWERFUL COLD FRONT THROUGH MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL INTERACT WITH THE DEEP SNOWPACK...AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...AND CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 94 WEST OF ST CLOUD AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE THE WORST ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>067-073>075-170945- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.130318T0300Z-130319T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 845 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING...AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ JRB/DWE
2 follow-up statements
289 WWUS43 KMPX 170828 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL BRING A QUICK BURST OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS STORM WILL DRIVE A POWERFUL COLD FRONT THROUGH MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...PERSISTING INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL INTERACT WITH THE NEW SNOW AND CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. SOMEWHAT LIGHTER WINDS AND MORE TREES SHOULD PRECLUDE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-068>070-077-078-172000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 328 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-172000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.130318T0900Z-130319T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 328 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 AM TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-172000- /O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 328 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>067-073>075-172000- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 328 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ BORGHOFF/MPG
206 WWUS43 KMPX 171732 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1232 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL BRING A QUICK BURST OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS STORM WILL DRIVE A POWERFUL COLD FRONT THROUGH MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...PERSISTING INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL INTERACT WITH THE NEW SNOW AND CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...INCLUDING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA. SLIGHTLY LIGHTER WINDS AND MORE TREES SHOULD PRECLUDE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ068-069-077-180200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ CARVER-SCOTT-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...FARIBAULT 1232 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY DOWN TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-180200- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1232 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-180200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.130318T0600Z-130319T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING 1232 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-180200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.130318T0900Z-130319T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1232 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 AM TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:28 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 55 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:32 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 23 more | 31 hr |
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.