Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 26, 2013, 2:46 PM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 27, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. 12 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
- Jan 26, 2013, 2:46 PM CST (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2013, 7:50 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 9:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 E Owatonna, MN | QUARTER TO HALF INCH VERY SLIPPERY |
| Jan 27, 9:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Albert Lea, MN | SLEET 830 CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN MAKING STREETS SLIPPERY |
| Jan 27, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Mahtomedi, MN | ONE INCH SO FAR STILL MODERATE SNOW |
| Jan 27, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Mahtomedi, MN | ONE INCH SO FAR STILL MODERATE SNOW |
| Jan 27, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Chetek, WI | SNOW ICE COVERED ROADS |
| Jan 27, 4:28 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mahtomedi, MN | |
| Jan 27, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Jim Falls, WI | |
| Jan 27, 5:39 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Inver Grove Heights, MN | |
| Jan 27, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Forest Lake, MN | |
| Jan 27, 5:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Durand, WI | |
| Jan 27, 6:32 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Burnsville, MN | |
| Jan 27, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Eau Claire, WI |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WWUS43 KMPX 262046 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 246 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE DURING THE DAYTIME IS EXPECTED TO BE FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY MIXED WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR QUITE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTH AND EAST TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EJECTS NORTHEAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM IS STILL IN ITS DEVELOPMENT STAGES...SO PLEASE MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR REFINED DETAILS ON PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ATTENDANT HAZARDS. MNZ078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-270445- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 246 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION....WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO FREEZING RAIN...COMBINED WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND SNOW...MAY CAUSE ROADS AND WALKWAYS TO BECOME VERY SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>070-075>077-083-WIZ023-270445- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 246 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS AND WALKWAYS MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ073-074-082-091-WIZ015-016-270445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 246 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING...THEN TOWARD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS AND WALKWAYS MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...MAINLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
261 WWUS43 KMPX 262135 AAA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 335 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE DURING THE DAYTIME IS EXPECTED TO BE FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY MIXED WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR QUITE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTH AND EAST TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EJECTS NORTHEAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM IS STILL IN ITS DEVELOPMENT STAGES...SO PLEASE MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR REFINED DETAILS ON PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ATTENDANT HAZARDS. MNZ078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-270545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 335 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH IN MINNESOTA THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BE SLOWER WITH MORE ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: IN MINNESOTA...A TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. IN WISCONSIN...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>070-073>077-082-083-091-WIZ015-016-023-270545- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 335 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH IN MINNESOTA THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BE SLOWER WITH MORE ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: IN MINNESOTA...A TRACE TO 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. IN WISCONSIN...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH A TRACE UP TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
934 WWUS43 KMPX 270518 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1118 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE DURING THE DAYTIME IS EXPECTED TO BE FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY MIXED WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR QUITE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON NORTH AND EAST TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EJECTS NORTHEAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM IS STILL IN ITS DEVELOPMENT STAGES...SO PLEASE MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR REFINED DETAILS ON PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ATTENDANT HAZARDS. MNZ078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-271330- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1118 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH IN MINNESOTA THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BE SLOWER WITH MORE ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: IN MINNESOTA...A TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. IN WISCONSIN...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>070-073>077-082-083-091-WIZ015-016-023-271330- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 1118 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH IN MINNESOTA THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BE SLOWER WITH MORE ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: IN MINNESOTA...A TRACE TO 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. IN WISCONSIN...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH A TRACE UP TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
317 WWUS43 KMPX 270943 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 343 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY AND TONIGHT... .FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MOST OF THE TWIN CITIES...AS WELL AS AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES...INCLUDING NEW ULM... FARIBAULT AND RED WING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH APPEAR QUITE LIKELY WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE FROM ALBERT LEA TO RED WING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ARE LIKELY AS WELL...WITH THE HIGH END AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MNZ077-271745- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ RICE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARIBAULT 343 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION: SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH FOLLOWED BY A SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-271745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 343 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: IN MINNESOTA...ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH FOLLOWED BY A SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 2 INCHES. IN WISCONSIN...ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH FOLLOWED BY 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ014-271745- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 343 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ015-016-023-271745- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 343 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: IN MINNESOTA...ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH FOLLOWED BY 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. IN WISCONSIN...ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
118 WWUS43 KMPX 271610 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1010 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN IS QUICKLY MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN MN THIS MORNING...AND WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AT THE ONSET...BUT DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WESTERN WISCONSIN BACK WEST INTO MINNESOTA. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE FIRST 3 HOURS OF PRECIPITATION ONSET...FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM WESTERN WISCONSIN INTO THE SOUTHEAST TWIN CITIES METRO. FARTHER WEST INTO MINNESOTA...THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS AS TO HOW FAR WEST PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE IT...BUT UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS APPEARING LIKELY AS FAR NORTHWEST AS A GRANITE FALLS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE...ALONG WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-280015- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1010 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH OUT OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 2 PM...THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TOWARD EASTERN MN...WITH SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH FOLLOWED BY A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-048>059-061-064>066-280015- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1800Z-130128T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON 1010 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH OUT OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 2 PM...THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS... FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014>016-023-280015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 1010 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH OUT OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 2 PM...THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TOWARD EASTERN MN...WITH SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
143 WWUS43 KMPX 271751 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1151 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY AND TONIGHT... .FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED AT THE ONSET...BUT DURING THE AFTERNOON...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WESTERN WISCONSIN BACK WEST INTO MINNESOTA. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE FIRST 3 HOURS OF PRECIPITATION ONSET...FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM WESTERN WISCONSIN INTO THE SOUTHEAST TWIN CITIES METRO. FARTHER WEST INTO MINNESOTA...THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS AS TO HOW FAR WEST PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE IT...BUT UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS APPEARING LIKELY AS FAR NORTHWEST AS A GRANITE FALLS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE...ALONG WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. MNZ063-070-WIZ015-016-023-280200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1151 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION: PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 2 PM...THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TOWARD EASTERN MN...WITH SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH FOLLOWED BY A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-280200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1151 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 2 PM...THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TOWARD EASTERN MN...WITH SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH FOLLOWED BY A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-048>059-061-064>066-280200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.130127T1800Z-130128T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON 1151 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 2 PM... THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS... FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ060-062-067>069-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-280200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1151 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOCATION: SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS POLK COUNTY IN WISCONSIN. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 2 PM...THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TOWARD EASTERN MN...WITH SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...FOLLOWED BY UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
567 WWUS43 KMPX 272218 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 418 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONTINUING... .PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED FROM FREEZING RAIN TO MOSTLY SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL REDEVELOP AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM THE TWIN CITIES METRO EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH AN INCH OR TWO ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...COMBINED WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION. ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE INTO THE EVENING. MNZ043>045-048>050-055-272330- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON 418 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ063-070-077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-023>028-280600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 418 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL WIND DOWN EARLY THIS EVENING WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN POSSIBLE INTO THE MID TO LATE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 5 INCHES WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ051>054-056>062-064>069-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-280600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 418 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL WIND DOWN EARLY THIS EVENING WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN POSSIBLE INTO THE MID TO LATE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 3 INCHES WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
615 WWUS43 KMPX 280150 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 750 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONTINUING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. AN AREA OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN HAS EXPANDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THIS IS LEADING TO SLICK ROADS AND ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 94 FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO ALEXANDRIA. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH WITH TIME...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TONIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH NEW SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE RELATIVELY SMALL...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. MNZ063-070-077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-023>028-281000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T1200Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 750 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH TIME. * MAIN IMPACT: MINOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-055-281000- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...BENSON 750 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH TIME. * MAIN IMPACT: MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING WITH SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ051>054-056>062-064>069-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-281000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130128T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 750 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH TIME. * MAIN IMPACT: MINOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:46 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.