Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Jan 15, 2014, 3:38 AM CST for 24 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 16, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2014, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 24 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 6:05 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Kimball, MN | TWENTY FOUR HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 16, 6:05 AM CST | SNOW 1 | St Cloud, MN | MEASURED AT THE PRISON. |
| Jan 16, 6:05 AM CST | SNOW 1 | St Cloud, MN | MEASURED AT THE PRISON. TWENTY FOUR HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Carlos, MN |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
125 WWUS43 KMPX 150938 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 338 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY ON THURSDAY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT WINDS OF 40MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHERE THERE IS LESS CONFIDENCE IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIGHTLY WEAKER WINDS AND LESS OF A FRESH SNOWPACK. MEANWHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BLOW AROUND THE SNOW THAT FELL ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-151800- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T0900Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 338 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-085-151800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA 338 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-076-084-093-151800- /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...WASECA...ALBERT LEA 338 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING NEAR 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ075-082-083-091-092-151800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 338 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING NEAR 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ JRB/JPC
10 follow-up statements
647 WWUS43 KMPX 151742 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1142 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY IN WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO PAYNESVILLE... LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON AND MANKATO. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES OF BLOWING SNOW AS THIS AREA HAS A LACK OF FRESH SNOW. THE CHANCE OF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IS LOW IN THIS AREA...BUT BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. MEANWHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BLOW AROUND THE SNOW THAT FELL ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ049-058-066-067-075-082-083-160145- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 1142 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-160145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T0900Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 1142 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-085-160145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA 1142 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ076-084-091>093-160145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1142 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING NEAR 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ DWE/JLT
590 WWUS43 KMPX 152227 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 427 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO PAYNESVILLE...TO HUTCHINSON AND OWATONNA. MEANWHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG THIS ARCTIC FRONT...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW PACK ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG THE IOWA BORDER...IS SHALLOW AND MOSTLY A THIN LAYER OF ICE...THE STRONG WINDS OF 40 MPH...COUPLED WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. LASTLY... TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ085-160630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OWATONNA 427 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW BY 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. && $$ MNZ076-084-091>093-160630- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 427 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-160630- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T0900Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 427 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-075-082-083-160630- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 427 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-160630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 427 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
273 WWUS43 KMPX 160321 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 921 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO PAYNESVILLE...TO HUTCHINSON AND OWATONNA. MEANWHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG THIS ARCTIC FRONT...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW PACK ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IS SHALLOW AND MOSTLY A THIN LAYER OF ICE...THE STRONG WINDS OF 40 MPH...COUPLED WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-161130- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T0900Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 921 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-075-076-082>085-091>093-161130- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 921 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING... AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-161130- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 921 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THURSDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
972 WWUS43 KMPX 160922 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SPREADING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT NOW THROUGH TONIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO PAYNESVILLE...HUTCHINSON AND OWATONNA. OBSERVED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY LATER THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-161730- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 322 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-075-076-082>085-091>093-161730- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 322 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-161730- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 322 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JRB
969 WWUS43 KMPX 161557 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 957 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SPREADING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT NOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO PAYNESVILLE...HUTCHINSON AND OWATONNA. OBSERVED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 50 MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO BY THIS EVENING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-170000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 957 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-170000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140117T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 957 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
520 WWUS43 KMPX 162050 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 250 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REMAINED ACROSS WESTERN AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO PAYNESVILLE...HUTCHINSON AND OWATONNA. OBSERVED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE FINE IN SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE GUSTY WINDS ARE BLOCKED...ONCE YOU MOVE OUTSIDE THESE AREAS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. IN AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE TERRAIN EFFECTS THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REMAINS A PROBLEM ACROSS ROADS. THEREFORE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SLOWLY THE WIND WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE BLOWING SNOW WILL ABATE THIS EVENING...THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. MNZ041-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-170500- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 250 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-170500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140117T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 250 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
030 WWUS43 KMPX 170009 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 609 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REMAINED ACROSS WESTERN AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM PAYNESVILLE...HUTCHINSON AND OWATONNA. FALLING SNOW AND OBSERVED WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE FINE IN SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE GUSTY WINDS ARE BLOCKED...ONCE YOU MOVE OUTSIDE THESE AREAS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE...THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. MNZ041-049-170815- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.140117T0009Z-140117T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...ST. CLOUD 609 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ042-170815- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.140117T0009Z-140117T1500Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 609 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-170115- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140117T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 609 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS THE WINDS TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY MORNING. $$ MNZ047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-170600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 609 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ JRB
147 WWUS43 KMPX 170150 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 750 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REMAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM OWATONNA TO GRANITE FALLS. FALLING SNOW AND OBSERVED WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LAST BAND OF SNOW WILL EXIT THE REGION TO THE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE FINE IN SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE GUSTY WINDS ARE BLOCKED...ONCE YOU MOVE OUTSIDE THESE AREAS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE...THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. MNZ047-048-054>058-066-171000- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON 750 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-170600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 750 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-049-171000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD 750 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JRB
052 WWUS43 KMPX 170310 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 910 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LINGERING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO GRANITE FALLS. FALLING SNOW AND OBSERVED WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS LAST BAND OF SNOW WILL EXIT THE REGION TO THE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE...THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. MNZ064-065-067-075-076-083>085-092-093-171115- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 910 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ073-074-082-091-170600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 910 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-066-171115- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON 910 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JRB
685 WWUS43 KMPX 170558 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1158 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...COLD WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING... .THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE...THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. MNZ073-074-082-091-171400- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 1158 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ043-171400- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LITTLE FALLS 1158 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-075-076-083>085-092-093-171400- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1158 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 13 more | 39 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.