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Winter Weather Advisory 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 10, 20137 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 10, 2013, 4:32 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 10, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2013, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 11, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Martin County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Mar 9, 3:58 PM CST, 11 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:58 PM CST, 11 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 12:31 PM CST, 15 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1231 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-101845-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
1231 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A QUICK BURST OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN 2
AND 4 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PLEASE
REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ045-051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-WIZ014>016-
023-101845-
KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
1231 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION
OF LIGHT SNOW AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD MAKE FOR ICY
CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-101845-
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1231 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION
OF LIGHT SNOW AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD MAKE FOR ICY
CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM AUSTIN...TO ROCHESTER...TO EAU CLAIRE. SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED BUT THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL END UP. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
FORECAST FOR UPDATES THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 9:31 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca3 hr
Mar 10, 4:32 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele, Waseca31 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2013Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2013Every winter weather advisory in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.