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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 18, 2013, 3:34 AM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr. 26 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
- Mar 18, 2013, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 11:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Minneapolis, MN | MEASURED AT LOWER ST ANTHONY FALLS IN DOWNTOWN MPLS |
| Mar 18, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.3 | 3 Wsw Princeton, MN | |
| Mar 18, 6:45 AM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | Minneapolis, MN | MEASURED AT MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | 2 Nnw Crystal, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Se Lake Elmo, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Zumbrota, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.7 | 1 Ssw Swanville, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 1 Wsw Little Canada, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | 6 Nne Big Lake, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Mora, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Sw Little Falls, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:15 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:23 AM CDT | SNOW 3.3 | 8 S Hillman, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:25 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 1 Ene Inver Grove Heigh, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | 1 Sw Edina, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.2 | 1 N Woodbury, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Milaca, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:45 AM CDT | SNOW 1.6 | 1 Nne Maple Grove, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.2 | Stillwater, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.8 | Farmington, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:13 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Mar 18, 9:49 AM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | 2 Se Anoka, MN | |
| Mar 18, 9:49 AM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | 2 Se Fridley, MN | |
| Mar 18, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Mar 18, 10:42 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Mahtomedi, MN | |
| Mar 18, 11:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | St Paul, MN | MEASURED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAPMUS IN ST PAUL |
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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
775 WWUS43 KMPX 180834 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 334 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .A BAND OF SNOW HAS BEEN MOVING ACROSS MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER 7 AM THIS MORNING. THIS BAND WILL PRODUCE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW THIS BAND OF SNOW AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE DAKOTAS OVERNIGHT...AND THESE WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS MORNING... 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. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE REGION...BUT SLIGHTLY LIGHTER WINDS AND MORE TREES SHOULD PRECLUDE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE THE MONDAY EVENING COMMUTE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS. MNZ053-181645- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.130318T0900Z-130319T0600Z/ CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER CITY 334 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 4 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 HALF 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>052-060>062-181645- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.130318T0834Z-130319T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL 334 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO AT TIME HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ063-070-078-181645- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.130318T0900Z-130319T0600Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING 334 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO AT TIME HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS 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 HALF 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-181645- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 334 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...INCLUDING NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-181645- /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 334 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER 7 AM AND TAPER OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP THIS 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 HALF 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
566 WWUS43 KMPX 180842 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A BAND OF SNOW HAS BEEN MOVING ACROSS MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER 7 AM THIS MORNING. THIS BAND WILL PRODUCE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW THIS BAND OF SNOW AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE DAKOTAS OVERNIGHT...AND THESE WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS MORNING... 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. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE REGION...BUT SLIGHTLY LIGHTER WINDS AND MORE TREES SHOULD PRECLUDE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE THE MONDAY EVENING COMMUTE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS. MNZ053-181700- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.130318T0900Z-130319T0600Z/ CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER CITY 341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 4 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 HALF 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>052-060>062-181700- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.130318T0841Z-130319T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL 341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO AT TIME HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS 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 HALF 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. && $$ MNZ063-070-078-181700- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.130318T0900Z-130319T0600Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING 341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO AT TIME HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-181700- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-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...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...INCLUDING NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND LAST THROUGH 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-181700- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.130318T0900Z-130319T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER 7 AM AND TAPER OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
130 WWUS43 KMPX 181608 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1108 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A BAND OF SNOW CONTINUES TO EXIT EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS AREA OF SNOW WILL GENERATE ANOTHER ONE TO NEAR THREE INCHES OF SNOW...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY 1 PM...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 4 PM. A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER MINNESOTA EAST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO MINNEAPOLIS TO FAIRMONT INTO NOON HOUR...AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 3 PM. STRONG WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR SAUK CENTRE TO WILLMAR TO CLARA CITY. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY STILL OCCUR OVER THIS REGION WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE SOMEWHAT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD STILL GUST TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BLOWING AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINING PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS OVER THIS REGION WILL VARY BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE SOMEWHAT OVER THIS REGION BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MNZ042-049-057>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-190015- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1108 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED OVER THIS REGION INTO THE AFTERNOON. A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER MINNESOTA EAST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO MINNEAPOLIS TO FAIRMONT INTO THE NOON HOUR. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN INCH. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>052-060>063-070-078-190015- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING 1108 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AFTER 10 AM OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER MINNESOTA EAST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO MINNEAPOLIS TO FAIRMONT INTO THE NOON HOUR. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED OVER THIS REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * TIMING: MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS WITH STRONG GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND BEGIN TO ABATE SOMEWHAT BY EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-190015- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO 1108 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...INCLUDING NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN INCH ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW SHOWERS. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS AND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND BEGIN TO ABATE SOMEWHAT BY EARLY THIS 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-190015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1108 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 3 PM. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING LATE THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ053-190015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130319T0600Z/ CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER CITY 1108 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL END LATE THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON. A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER MINNESOTA EAST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO MINNEAPOLIS TO FAIRMONT INTO THE NOON HOUR. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE THIS BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 4 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 HALF 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. && $$ AZ
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:34 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chisago | 30 hr |
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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.