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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heat advisory at Jul 16, 2013, 3:30 AM CDT for 35 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 16, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 41 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin 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, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
747 WWUS73 KMPX 160830 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 330 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THIS WEEK... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY...ALLOWING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO PERSIST. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL MAKE FOR HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED FRIDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ060>063-068>070-161800- /O.NEW.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.130716T1800Z-130719T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 330 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. LITTLE RELIEF IS ANTICIPATED AT NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 73 TO 78 DEGREES. IN DOWNTOWN AREAS... THE LOW MAY NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 80. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING IN AREAS THAT STRUGGLE TO DROP BELOW 75 AT NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ BORGHOFF/DWE
11 follow-up statements
933 WWUS73 KMPX 161638 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1138 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THIS WEEK... .A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST...ALLOWING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO PERSIST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF OVERNIGHT. MORE IMPORTANTLY...THE HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED FRIDAY. MNZ067-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-170045- /O.EXA.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.130716T1800Z-130719T0200Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1138 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE MID 70S. WHEN COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ MNZ060>063-068>070-170045- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.130716T1800Z-130719T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 1138 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE UPPER 70S. WHEN COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. IN DOWNTOWN AREAS...THE LOW MAY NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 80. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ JRB/RAH
825 WWUS73 KMPX 162320 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 620 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THIS WEEK... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOW THROUGH THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST...ALLOWING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO PERSIST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE 70S... OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF OVERNIGHT. MORE IMPORTANTLY...THE HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED FRIDAY. MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-170730- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 620 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE UPPER 70S. WHEN COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. IN DOWNTOWN AREAS...THE LOW MAY NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 80. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ JRB
283 WWUS73 KMPX 170306 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1006 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDWEEK... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST...MAINTAINING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF OVERNIGHT. MORE IMPORTANTLY...THE HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED FRIDAY. MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-171100- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1006 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE UPPER 70S. WHEN COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. IN DOWNTOWN AREAS...THE LOW MAY NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 80. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
381 WWUS73 KMPX 170939 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 439 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY... .DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF OVERNIGHT. THIS DANGEROUS HEAT IS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST...MAINTAINING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER AIR EXPECTED FRIDAY. MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-171745- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 439 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE UPPER 70S. WHEN COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. IN DOWNTOWN AREAS...THE LOW MAY NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 80. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
341 WWUS73 KMPX 171652 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1152 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY... .DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL BE ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF TONIGHT. THIS DANGEROUS HEAT IS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST...MAINTAINING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER AIR EXPECTED FRIDAY. MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-180100- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1152 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY IN THE 70S...AND IN DOWNTOWN AREAS...THE LOW MAY NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 80. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ JRB
375 WWUS73 KMPX 171855 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 155 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY... .THE HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF. THIS DANGEROUS HEAT IS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT... WITH COOLER AIR EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>059-064>066-073-180300- /O.EXA.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 155 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-180300- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 155 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY IN THE 70S...AND IN DOWNTOWN AREAS...THE LOW MAY NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 80. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ RAH
091 WWUS73 KMPX 180019 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 719 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF. THIS DANGEROUS HEAT IS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT... WITH COOLER AIR EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028- 181100- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-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-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 719 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
541 WWUS73 KMPX 180853 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 103 DEGREES WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL CLIMB INT0 THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S...AND COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 DEGREES TO YIELD DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES. THIS DANGEROUS HEAT IS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MIDWEST. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH COOLER AIR EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028- 181700- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-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-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 353 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 103 DEGREES. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
327 WWUS73 KMPX 181627 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1127 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...DANGEROUS HEAT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94. DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 103 DEGREES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S... AND COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 DEGREES TO YIELD DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH COOLER AIR AND LOWER HUMIDITY EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028- 190030- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-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-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1127 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES: AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 103 DEGREES. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ JRB/RAH
985 WWUS73 KMPX 182326 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 626 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...DANGEROUS HEAT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94. DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 DEGREES TO YIELD DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH COOLER AIR AND LOWER HUMIDITY EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028- 190200- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-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-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 626 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES: EVENING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
837 WWUS73 KMPX 190144 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 844 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .HEAT INDEX VALUES HAVE DROPPED WELL BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES. THEREFORE...THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028- 190245- /O.EXP.KMPX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130719T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 844 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HEAT INDEX VALUES HAVE DROPPED WELL BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES. THEREFORE...THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 15, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1059 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 415 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 ANTICYCLONIC FLOW STILL DOMINATING THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE...THE NEAREST DEFINED BOUNDARY IS A QUASI STATIONARY BOUNDARY STRETCHED OUT ACROSS SD/ND AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER SOUTH OF LAKE WINNIPEG. IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THOUGH BY LOOKING AT THE VISIBLE SATELLITE WHERE YOUR DEEPER MOISTURE IS LOCATED. JUST TO THE NORTH IS A STRIPE OF HIGH PWATS AND REALLY GOOD 850-700MB DEW-POINTS. THIS IS WHERE THE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR THE PAST 36 HOURS...BUT THIS AREA HAS BEEN LIFTING NORTH WITH TIME. SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA IS ANOTHER POOL OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND BETTER INSTABILITY. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE MORE VIGOROUS CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS. CURRENTLY THE FORECAST AREA IS FIGHTING DRIER 850-600 MB AIR. THE BL IS STILL MOIST AND WE ARE GETTING PLENTY OF CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT...BUT THERE IS A NOTABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR CUMULUS AND THAT TO THE SOUTH. THE DEEPER MOISTURE SOUTH OF HERE IS ADVECTED NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND THE 925-850 MB TRANSPORT DOES INCREASE BETWEEN 06-12Z. THE BETTER LLJ JET IS FOCUSED NORTH AND WEST OF HERE...BUT THE FLOW DOES INCREASE TO 15-20 KTS OUT OF THE S-SW LATE. OUTSIDE OF THE GFS AND 12Z NCEP WRF-NMM...MOST OF THE GUIDANCE IS DRY AND SO IS OUR LATEST FORECAST. HOWEVER...IT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH TONIGHT. THE BETTER FOCUS IS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI. THERE WOULD BE A DEFINED BREAK FROM THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION ROOTED IN THE BL WHICH WEAKENS THIS EVENING AND WHAT COULD DEVELOP TONIGHT...WHICH WOULD BE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. FINALLY...WE WILL LIKELY SEE HEAT INDICES TOMORROW BETWEEN 93-98 ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MN AND WESTERN WI BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MODEST MIXING OFF THE FORECAST SOUNDING GETS US UP TO 850 MB...WHICH WITH A SLIGHT ADIABATIC LAYER NEAR THE SURFACE PUTS HIGH TEMPS BETWEEN 88-91. WE ALSO RAISED DEW-POINTS TO NEAR 70 BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE SW FLOW AND WARM ADVECTION SUGGESTS A WARMER DAY TOMORROW THAN TODAY...BUT THE ADDED MOISTURE COULD MEAN THE MIXING AND WARMING WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. ALSO...THE UPPER LOW IN THE PLAINS HAS A POCKET OF COOLER TEMPS ASSOCIATED WITH IT...IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THIS WILL AFFECT THE TEMPERATURE ADVECTION INTO MN. NONETHELESS...WE THINK YOU WILL FEEL THE ADDED HEAT AND HUMIDITY TOMORROW...BUT WE SHOULD JUST BE A FEW DEGREES SHY OF A HEAT ADVISORY TOMORROW. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 415 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 THE CONCERNS IN THE LONGER TERM REMAIN THE HEAT AND HUMID EARLY IN THE PERIOD WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT. A VERY WARM PATTERN IS FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS A SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW PREVAILS AROUND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR ST LOUIS. DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A FEW DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF 70 THROUGH THIS PERIOD. WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS AROUND 90 TO THE LOWER 90S...HEAT INDICES ARE NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE RIGHT AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE LOW TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING WILL ALSO HOLD UP IN THE MIDDLE 70S AROUND THE TWIN CITIES...ADDING TO THE DISCOMFORT. THEREFORE...A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE TWO DAYS FOR THE 7 COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA. WE WILL ALSO BE DEALING WITH A WEAK COOL FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN MN AND WISCONSIN ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY YIELD A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MN AND ALONG HIGHWAY 8 IN WI LATE IN THE DAY/EVENING. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ON PRECIPITATION REACHING OUR AREA WITH CHANCES BETTER FARTHER NORTH. THE BOUNDARY PUSHES A LITTLE TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY AS THE SOUTHWEST FLOW STRENGTHENS OVER OUR AREA. HOWEVER...A SHORT WAVE ARRIVING IN LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL LIKELY AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND SEVERE STORMS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE GIVEN THE INSTABILITY AND WIND PATTERN ALOFT. THE FRONT IS PROJECTED TO MOVE SE OF THE FA EARLY ON FRIDAY WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CONSENSUS TODAY WAS TO REMOVE ANY SMALL POPS FROM THE CR EXTEND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS A SUBSTANTIAL HIGH BUILDS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. WE KEPT WI DRY AS WELL ON SUNDAY. SMALL POPS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS MN ON SUNDAY AS RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH ALONG WITH THE COOL FRONT BEGINNING TO LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THEN INCREASES ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1047 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 ABUNDANT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPIN ARND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. EMBEDDED SHRTWV/S ROTATING ARND THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SHRA/TSRA EARLY THIS MORNING IN WC WI. HOWEVER...THERE IS NOTHING SIGNIFICANT FOR A TRIGGER TO INITIATE THIS ACTIVITY. SO WILL LEAN TOWARD A DRY FORECAST THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...SW WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WITH A FEW GUSTS ARND 18-22 KTS IN SW/WC/CENTRAL MN DURING THE AFTN. SCT025 EARLY...WITH RISE TO SCT050 DURING THE AFTN. KMSP... SCT050-SCT080 WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH AN OUTSIDE CHC OF A SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING AFT 8Z NEAR THE WI/MN BORDER. WILL CONTINUE A DRY FORECAST BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH OVERNIGHT. LOCALIZED BR IS POSSIBLE IN THE RIVER VALLEY NEAR THE AIRPORT...BUT NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING WIDESPREAD AS BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS INCREASE OVERNIGHT. CUMULUS WILL DEVELOP BY MID/LATE MORNING...BUT CIGS...IF THEY DEVELOP WILL REMAIN AOA 5K. LIGHT S/SSE WINDS OVERNIGHT...WILL SHIFT TO THE SW BY MID/LATE MORNING WITH A FEW GUSTS ARND 18-20 KTS DURING THE AFTN. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ WED...VFR. WINDS SW AT 5-10KT. THU...VFR WITH -TSRA POSSIBLE AFTN/EVNG. WINDS SW AT 5-10KT FRI...VFR WITH -TSRA EARLY. WINDS NW AT 15G20KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CLF LONG TERM...RAH AVIATION...JLT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 7:57 PM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 757 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-170100- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- 757 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD THIS WEEK AS HIGHS CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 90 AND 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON PERIODS FROM TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE MOST LIKELY WINDOW FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-170100- STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-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-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- 757 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD THIS WEEK AS HIGHS CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 90 AND 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON PERIODS FROM TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE MOST LIKELY WINDOW FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JRB
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