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Wind Chill Warning 7, NWS Duluth, MN

February 26, 20148 counties in Wisconsin; 10 counties in Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind chill warning at Feb 26, 2014, 11:18 AM CST for 8 counties in Wisconsin; 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 26, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2014, 11:18 AM CST (17:18 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 27, 2014, 11:53 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 444 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
1486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
444 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
538 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

585 
WWUS43 KDLH 261718
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1118 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND 
PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...
...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO
THE AREA...AND PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE BRAINERD...AITKIN...HINCKLEY...AND
GRANTSBURG AREAS.

THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MNZ033-034-036-038-270130-
/O.EXP.KDLH.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140226T1700Z/
/O.UPG.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.140226T1800Z-140227T0600Z/
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-SOUTHERN AITKIN-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...AITKIN...
HINCKLEY
1118 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST   
  WISCONSIN AROUND BRAINERD...AITKIN...HINCKLEY AND SIREN. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
  ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6 HOUR
  PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN
  INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
  EVENING...THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING
  NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
  SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 TO
  40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ006-270130-
/O.EXP.KDLH.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140226T1700Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.140226T1800Z-140227T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
BURNETT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTSBURG
1118 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE
  GRANTSBURG AREA.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
  ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6 HOUR
  PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN
  INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
  EVENING...THEN 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING
  NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
  SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 TO
  35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES ON
  ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MANY LAYERS...AND COVER UP AS
MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
THAT WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY MORNINGS.

&&

$$

MNZ011-012-019>021-270130-
/O.EXP.KDLH.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140226T1700Z/
/O.UPG.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
1118 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM
CST THURSDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM CST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATION...THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND IRON RANGE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
  EVENING...BECOMING 35 TO 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING AND
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING 10
  TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ010-018-025-026-035-037-270130-
/O.EXP.KDLH.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140226T1700Z/
/O.UPG.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
NORTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...HILL CITY...DULUTH...CLOQUET
1118 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATION...PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL
  MINNESOTA.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
  EVENING...THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING
  10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 25 MINUTES ON
  ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-007>009-270130-
/O.EXP.KDLH.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140226T1700Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
1118 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
  EVENING...THEN 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING
  10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 25 MINUTES ON 
  ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MANY LAYERS...AND COVER UP AS
MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
THAT WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

&&

$$

G2
9 follow-up statements
434 
WWUS43 KDLH 261727 AAA
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1127 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO THE AREA...AND PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE BRAINERD...AITKIN...HINCKLEY...AND
GRANTSBURG AREAS.

THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MNZ033-034-036-038-270130-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.140226T1800Z-140227T0600Z/
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-SOUTHERN AITKIN-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...AITKIN...
HINCKLEY
1127 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST 
  WISCONSIN AROUND BRAINERD...AITKIN...HINCKLEY AND SIREN. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... 
  ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6 HOUR 
  PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN 
  INCH ARE EXPECTED. 

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
  THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING 
  NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL 
  SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 
  TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ010-018-025-026-035-037-270130-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
NORTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...HILL CITY...DULUTH...CLOQUET
1127 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL 
  MINNESOTA. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
  THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...
  BECOMING 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH 
  ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ011-012-019>021-270130-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
1127 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 PM CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND IRON RANGE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
  BECOMING 35 TO 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING AND 
  AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING 10
  TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ006-270130-
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.140226T1800Z-140227T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
BURNETT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTSBURG
1127 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE 
  GRANTSBURG AREA. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... 
  ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6 HOUR 
  PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN 
  INCH ARE EXPECTED. 

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
  THEN 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS
  COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAWN
  THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING 
  NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL 
  SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 
  TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES ON 
  ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MANY LAYERS...AND COVER UP AS
MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
THAT WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY MORNINGS.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-007>009-270130-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
1127 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
  THEN 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS
  COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAWN
  THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...
  BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES ON
  ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MANY LAYERS...AND COVER UP AS
MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
THAT WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

&&

$$

G2
784 
WWUS43 KDLH 261854 AAB
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1254 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...
...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO THE AREA...AND PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE BRAINERD...AITKIN...HINCKLEY...AND
GRANTSBURG AREAS.

THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MNZ033-034-036-038-270300-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-SOUTHERN AITKIN-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...AITKIN...
HINCKLEY
1254 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST 
  WISCONSIN AROUND BRAINERD...AITKIN...HINCKLEY AND SIREN. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... 
  ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6 HOUR 
  PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN 
  INCH ARE EXPECTED. 

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING 
  NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL 
  SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 
  TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ010-018-025-026-035-037-270300-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
NORTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...HILL CITY...DULUTH...CLOQUET
1254 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL 
  MINNESOTA. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING... 
  BECOMING 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH 
  ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ011-012-019>021-270300-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
1254 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 PM CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND IRON RANGE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   BECOMING 35 TO 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING AND 
  AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE 
  EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ006-270300-
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
BURNETT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTSBURG
1254 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE 
  GRANTSBURG AREA. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... 
  ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6 HOUR 
  PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN 
  INCH ARE EXPECTED. 

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS 
  COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAWN 
  THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING 
  NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL 
  SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 
  TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES ON 
  ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MANY LAYERS...AND COVER UP AS
MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
THAT WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY MORNINGS.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-007>009-270300-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
1254 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS 
  COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAWN 
  THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING... 
  BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES ON 
  ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MANY LAYERS...AND COVER UP AS
MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
THAT WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

&&

$$
211 
WWUS43 KDLH 262100
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
300 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...
...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHLAND THIS
AFTERNOON...BRINGING LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO REGION. IT
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES FOR
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND INTO PARTS OF
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. AREAS THAT ARE
MORE EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL EXPERIENCE MORE BLOWING
SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITY.

THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

WIZ006-270500-
/O.UPG.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0400Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
BURNETT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTSBURG
300 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE 
  GRANTSBURG AREA. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
  EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6
  HOUR PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH.

* VISIBILITY...COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
  THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHWEST
  AT 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO
  10 TO 15 MPH AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE
  COULD BE STRAY GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-007>009-270500-
/O.UPG.KDLH.WC.Y.0025.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0400Z-140227T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
300 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATION...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS 
  COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAWN 
  THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING... BECOMING
  10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE COULD BE STRAY GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MANY LAYERS...AND COVER UP AS
MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
THAT WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ033-034-036-038-270500-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-SOUTHERN AITKIN-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...AITKIN...
HINCKLEY
300 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
  MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE BRAINERD...AITKIN...AND HINCKLEY
  AREAS.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
  EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A 3 TO 6
  HOUR PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING 10 TO
  15 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE COULD BE STRAY GUSTS TO 45
  MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ010-018-025-026-035-037-270500-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
NORTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...HILL CITY...DULUTH...CLOQUET
300 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL
  MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS...GRAND
  RAPIDS...CLOQUET...AND DULUTH AREAS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDING LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING 10 TO 20 MPH AROUND
  MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS
  EVENING. THERE COULD BE STRAY GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ011-012-019>021-270500-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
300 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 PM CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND IRON RANGE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   BECOMING 35 TO 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING AND 
  AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE 
  EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

G2
346 
WWUS43 KDLH 262351
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
551 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND
THROUGH THE EVENING...

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND
TODAY...WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS OCCURRING BEHIND IT.
VISIBILITIES HAVE DROPPED TO A HALF TO QUARTER MILE IN SPOTS...AS
WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 35 TO AROUND 45 MPH. AREAS THAT ARE MORE
EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL EXPERIENCE MORE BLOWING SNOW
AND THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES. EXPECT THE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS TO
DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MNZ011-012-019>021-270800-
/O.EXA.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
551 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...ALL OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR
  THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF TO QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 45
  MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS.  STRONG
  WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND LIMBS ONTO POWER LINES
  CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ010-018-025-026-035-037-270800-
/O.EXA.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
NORTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...HILL CITY...DULUTH...CLOQUET
551 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...ALL OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR
  THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF TO QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 45
  MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  OVERNIGHT. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS.  STRONG
  WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND LIMBS ONTO POWER LINES
  CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ033-034-036-038-270800-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-SOUTHERN AITKIN-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...AITKIN...
HINCKLEY
551 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... 
  INCLUDING THE BRAINERD...AITKIN...AND HINCKLEY AREAS. 

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF TO QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 45
  MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  OVERNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. STRONG
  WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND LIMBS ONTO POWER LINES
  CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-007>009-270800-
/O.EXA.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0400Z-140227T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
551 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF TO QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 45
  MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  OVERNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. STRONG
  WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND LIMBS ONTO POWER LINES
  CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ006-270800-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0400Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
BURNETT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANTSBURG
551 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...BURNETT COUNTY.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF TO QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 45
  MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  OVERNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS.
  STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND LIMBS ONTO POWER
  LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.
 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$
211 
WWUS43 KDLH 270155
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
755 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND
THROUGH THE EVENING...

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND
TODAY...WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS OCCURRING BEHIND IT.
THE COVERAGE OF THE SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DIMINISHED...AND THAT TREND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. VISIBILITIES HAVE
IMPROVED SOME...WITH MOST OBSERVATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 MILES. SOME
OPEN AREAS MAY STILL DROP BELOW A MILE...ESPECIALLY DURING A SNOW
SHOWER. AREAS THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
EXPERIENCE MORE BLOWING SNOW AND THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES. EXPECT
THE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS TO DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MNZ011-012-019>021-271000-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
755 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...ALL OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR 
  THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
  THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND
  IN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND
  LIMBS ONTO POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ010-018-025-026-033>038-271000-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...
AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY
755 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...ALL OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR
  THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE COVERAGE OF THE SNOW
  SHOWERS AND INTENSITY OF THE WIND HAVE DIMINISHED SOME. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO A ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 40 MPH
  THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
  IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO
  BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND LIMBS ONTO POWER LINES CAUSING POWER
  OUTAGES.

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-006>009-271000-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.140227T0400Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
755 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY 
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING CAUSING REDUCED 
  VISIBILITIES. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.

* VISIBILITY...MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
   THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS 
  WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 
  40 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE 
  OVERNIGHT. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES COULD 
  PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WINDS. 
  STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN BRANCHES AND LIMBS ONTO POWER 
  LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 

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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND WHERE LARGER SNOW DRIFTS
FORM. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MELDE
347 
WWUS43 KDLH 270541
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1141 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE NORTHLAND RESULTING IN MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE COVERAGE OF THE SNOW SHOWERS AND STRENGTH
OF THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED FOR MOST AREAS...AND THAT TREND WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. AREAS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR
WILL SEE THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS LAST THE LONGEST.

THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MNZ011-012-019>021-271200-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
1141 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE IRON RANGE AND
  ARROWHEAD. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO CONTINUE TO
  DECREASE TONIGHT TO 40 TO 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. EXPECT THEM TO
  START TO RISE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE WINDS
  WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT TO 5 TO 15 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ010-018-025-026-033>038-271200-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...
AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY
1141 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO 35 TO
  NEAR 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-006>009-271200-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140227T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
1141 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...LASTING LONGEST ALONG
  THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL
  CONTINUE TO DROP OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO 35 TO 45
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL
  GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO AROUND 40
  MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MORNING...HIGHEST ALONG THE SOUTH
  SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MELDE
891 
WWUS43 KDLH 270946
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
346 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE NORTHLAND RESULTING IN
MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND
NORTHWEST WINDS HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

MNZ010-018-025-026-033>038-271800-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...
AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY
346 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LOCATION...NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO 35 TO
  NEAR 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ011-012-019>021-271800-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
346 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATION...FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE IRON RANGE AND 
  ARROWHEAD. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO 40 TO
  50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. EXPECT THEM TO START TO RISE BY LATE
  THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-006>009-271800-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
346 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LOCATION...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO 35 TO
  45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$
152 
WWUS43 KDLH 271551
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
951 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING...

.THE COMBINATION OF ARCTIC AIR AND LIGHT WINDS HAS CREATED
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL
GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AGAIN PLUMMET THIS
EVENING. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING.

MNZ010-018-025-026-033>038-271800-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...
AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY
951 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LOCATION...NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...30 TO 35 BELOW THROUGH NOON...IMPROVING
  INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO IN THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN...AND CAN
LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ011-012-019>021-272000-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
951 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATION...FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE IRON RANGE AND 
  ARROWHEAD. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 40 BELOW THROUGH NOON...IMPROVING 15
  TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH. 

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN...AND CAN
LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WIZ001>004-006>009-271800-
/O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...
HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
951 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LOCATION...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...30 TO 40 BELOW THROUGH NOON...IMPROVING 15
  TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES 
  ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR
AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN...AND CAN
LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

GRANING
068 
WWUS43 KDLH 271753
WSWDLH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1153 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014


MNZ010-018-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-271900-
/O.CAN.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...
AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...
ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
1153 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO WARM ABOVE ZERO.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS CAN LEAD TO FROST BITE.

THE TEMPERATURE...AND WIND CHILL VALUE...WILL AGAIN PLUMMET THIS
EVENING. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

MNZ011-012-019>021-271900-
/O.CAN.KDLH.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T2000Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...HIBBING...
TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS
1153 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO WARM ABOVE ZERO.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS CAN LEAD TO FROST BITE.

THE TEMPERATURE...AND WIND CHILL VALUE...WILL AGAIN PLUMMET THIS
EVENING. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

GRANING

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill warning went out at Feb 26, 6:18 AM CST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 6:18 AM CST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
618 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 607 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

UPDATED FOR NEW AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 347 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

STRONG SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING...WITH A
STRONG TROUGH AXIS/COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN AND
MANITOBA TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA.  TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN IN
THE TEENS BELOW ZERO IN MANY PLACES...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND
25 BELOW OR COLDER.  THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA ALONG
WITH PRESSURE FALLS MOVING INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
HAVE HELPED KEEP WINDS UP OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 347 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

THE COLD FRONT OVER SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA EARLY THIS MORNING IS
EXPECTED TO SURGE SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT WILL BE A BAND OF LIGHT
SNOW...EXPECTED TO BRING A QUICK DUSTING TO HALF INCH.  OF MORE
SIGNIFICANCE...BEHIND IT WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND BLOW.
BETWEEN STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...A NICE ISALLOBARIC
RISE...STRONG DEEP COLD AIR ADVECTION...AND NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH
A DEEP LAYER OF UP TO 750MB OF UP TO 40KTS ALOFT...IT IS REALLY
GOING TO GET WINDY OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A
TEMPERING FACTOR IS OUR CONIFEROUS FOREST AND THE TIME OF DAY WHICH
SHOULD KNOCK THAT DOWN SOMEWHAT.  FOR NOW HAVE GUSTS AROUND
35KTS/40MPH IN OUR SOUTHWEST...WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONGEST
WINDS IS BEST.  WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY AS IT COMES IN THIS
AFTERNOON AS THIS SHOULD BE WHEN WINDS ARE STRONGEST.  THIS WILL
ALSO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE RECENT FRESH SNOWFALL AND REALLY BLOW IT
AROUND.  THUS...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY FOR THE WIND...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
TEMPERATURES TODAY TO BE A LAST DAY OF RELATIVELY LESS COLD...WITH
HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND 10-15 SOUTH.  TONIGHT ANOTHER
FRESH SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR TO PUSH INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...WITH MIN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15
TO NEARLY 30 BELOW RANGE...APPROACHING RECORD VALUES.
THEN...THURSDAY HIGHS WILL ONLY GET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW
ZERO TO AROUND ZERO.  WE MAY HAVE SOME RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES
THURSDAY.  WITH THIS EXTREMELY COLD AIR...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS
CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING...HAVE ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FOR TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING.  SOME OF THIS MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WIND
CHILL WARNING...BUT WILL HAVE TO RE-EVALUATE THIS ON THE DAY SHIFT
WITH ONE LAST LOOK AT WIND AND TEMPERATURE TRENDS.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 347 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS PERIOD WILL ONCE AGAIN BE TEMPERATURES AS
WELL AS TRYING TO RESOLVE A COUPLE SMALL PRECIPITATION CHANCES. IT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH
HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES MANY DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THURSDAY
NIGHT WILL BE A BIT ON THE TRICKY SIDE AS THERE WILL BE AN
INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND AT LEAST A LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW ZERO...GENERALLY TEENS TO 20S
BELOW ZERO. AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME VERY
LIGHT SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTH SHORE NORTH OF SILVER
BAY...WHERE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE REGION
WILL BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. COULD
SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION... GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS AS AN
INVERTED TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS THE REGION. LAKE SUPERIOR COULD
ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO SOME LIGHT SNOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE LAKE.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF ARCTIC AIR TO THE NORTHLAND.
OVERNIGHT LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL AGAIN BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S
BELOW ZERO...WITH HIGHS ON SATURDAY MARCH FIRST STRUGGLING TO
REACH ZERO FOR MOST AREAS. IF TEMPERATURES REACH ZERO ON
SATURDAY...THEY WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE DAYTIME HIGH. THE GFS APPEARS TO BE THE ODD MODEL OUT ON
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AS IT TRIES TO BRING INCREASING MOISTURE INTO
THE REGION. THE ECMWF AND GEM MAINTAIN GENERALLY DRY AND COLD
WEATHER...WITH THE GFS SPINNING UP A MAJOR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
STRETCHING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.
CONFIDENCE FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS FAIRLY LOW AT THIS
POINT BUT AM FAVORING THE ECMWF.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 607 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

VFR CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE THE RULE TODAY BUT WIND DRIVEN
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE DAY WEARS ON. THE
SNOW SHOWERS COULD RESULT IN MVFR CIGS/VSBYS FOR BRIEF OCCASIONS.
THE MAJOR PROBLEM TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE THE INTENSE WINDS WITH
WIND GUSTS WELL INTO THE 30 KNOT RANGE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  10 -20  -2 -16 /  30  10   0   0
INL   3 -29  -6 -24 /  30  10   0  10
BRD  14 -22  -1 -22 /  10   0   0   0
HYR  13 -22   0 -21 /  60  20   0   0
ASX  11 -13   0 -18 /  50  30  20   0

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR MNZ010>012-
     018>021-025-026-033>038.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY
     FOR MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
     FOR MNZ033-034-036-038.

WI...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR WIZ001>004-
     006>009.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY
     FOR WIZ001>004-006>009.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
     FOR WIZ006.

LS...NONE.
&&

UPDATE...DAP
SYNOPSIS...LE
SHORT TERM...LE
LONG TERM...DAP
AVIATION...DAP
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 4:38 AM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
438 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-271045-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
438 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THIS MORNING WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 40
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW
TO THE NORTHLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. AREAS SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM THE LEECH AND BRAINERD LAKES AREAS THROUGH
SANDSTONE...HINCKLEY AND SIREN WILL SEE GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH.
THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN MORE OPEN
COUNTRY. DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE
REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE DULUTH NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

TONIGHT BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR
SURGING INTO THE AREA WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIND CHILLS COULD APPROACH 40 TO 50 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AND A WIND CHILL WARNING MAY
BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A VERY COLD WEATHER PATTERN...WITH PERSISTENT WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS OF AT LEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. PERIODIC WIND CHILL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS WILL BE
REQUIRED...MOST LIKELY DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS. THE COLDEST TEMPS AND WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME.

IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH RECORD COLD LEVELS FOR LATE
FEBRUARY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME AS A LARGE AREA OF
BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION FROM
CANADA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 26, 4:16 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDLHAshland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price and 2 more11 hr
Feb 26, 4:16 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDLHAshland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price and 2 more20 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Wind Chill Warnings in Wisconsin, 2014Every wind chill warning in 2014

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.