Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches in 2014
Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard watch at Jan 24, 2014, 3:35 PM CST for 25 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 26, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2014, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2014, 2:57 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 25 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, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 596 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
225 WWUS43 KMPX 242135 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 335 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL... AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED... AND IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD AND SAINT PETER TO OWATONNA. A PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY... WITH MAINLY SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SOME... ALTHOUGH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING... FALLING FROM AN EARLY HIGH IN THE TEENS OR LOWER 20S TO BELOW ZERO OVER MOST AREAS BY EVENING. READINGS WILL THEN DROP INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW BY MONDAY MORNING... WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 50 BELOW ZERO FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-251100- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.140126T1200Z-140127T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-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...LONG PRAIRIE...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 335 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING... THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER... BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING BELOW ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
632 WWUS43 KMPX 250344 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 944 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL... AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED... AND IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE THROUGH LITCHFIELD AND SAINT PETER TO OWATONNA. A PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY... WITH MAINLY SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SOME... ALTHOUGH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING... FALLING FROM AN EARLY HIGH IN THE TEENS OR LOWER 20S TO BELOW ZERO OVER MOST AREAS BY EVENING. READINGS WILL THEN DROP INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW BY MONDAY MORNING... WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 50 BELOW ZERO FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-251200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.140126T1200Z-140127T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-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...LONG PRAIRIE...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 944 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING... THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER... BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING BELOW ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$
089 WWUS43 KMPX 251023 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 423 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO HUTCHINSON TO ALBERT LEA. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE DAKOTAS. AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH ON SUNDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE... BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SUNDAY MORNING... FALLING FROM AN EARLY HIGH IN THE TEENS AND 20S TO READINGS BELOW ZERO OVER MOST AREAS BY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN DROP INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-251830- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.140126T1500Z-140127T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-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...LONG PRAIRIE...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 423 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING... THEN PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER... BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING BELOW ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ RAH
043 WWUS43 KMPX 251654 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1054 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO HUTCHINSON TO ALBERT LEA. ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE DAKOTAS. AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH ON SUNDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE... BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SUNDAY MORNING... FALLING FROM AN EARLY HIGH IN THE TEENS AND 20S TO READINGS BELOW ZERO OVER MOST AREAS BY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN DROP INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-260100- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.140126T1500Z-140127T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-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...LONG PRAIRIE...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 1054 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING... THEN PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER... BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING BELOW ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$
719 WWUS43 KMPX 252057 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...A PERIOD OF SNOW FOR MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT TONIGHT... THEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO HUTCHINSON TO ALBERT LEA. PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THIS EXPECTED SNOWFALL... AND IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO NEW RICHMOND TO MENOMONIE... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THIS ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS WHERE THE BLIZZARD WARNING DOES TAKE EFFECT... GIVEN THE EXPECTATION FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA... WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE... BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SUNDAY MORNING... FALLING FROM AN EARLY HIGH IN THE TEENS AND 20S TO READINGS BELOW ZERO OVER MOST AREAS BY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN DROP INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-261100- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.140126T1500Z-140127T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.140126T0000Z-140126T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-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...LONG PRAIRIE...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 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING... THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER... BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-059>063-068>070-077-078-261100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.140126T0300Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 3 AM SUNDAY... WITH MORE SPORADIC SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING... AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED... MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ WIZ023>026-261100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.140126T0600Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TOWARD MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY... WITH MORE SPORADIC SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING... AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED... MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.