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Wind Chill Advisory 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 1, 201418 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 1, 2014, 2:17 PM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 1, 2014, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2014, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 3, 2014, 4:06 AM CST
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 24 counties

Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-03-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -165 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

884 
WWUS43 KMPX 012017
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
217 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING TONIGHT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY...

.ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF TO
35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER WEST
CENTRAL...TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THEN EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA WEST AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH...BUFFALO...AND CAMBRIDGE IN
MINNESOTA AND EAST TO LADYSMITH...IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
ELSEWHERE...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP OFF TO THE 25 TO 35 DEGREE BELOW
ZERO RANGE DURING THE EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

MNZ041>045-047>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-WIZ014>016-
020430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0006.140301T2100Z-140302T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
217 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...THESE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE REACHED
  OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE MIDNIGHT...THEN DEVELOP AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TOWARD MANKATO...ST CLOUD AND LADYSMITH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-020430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.140301T2100Z-140302T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
217 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY.


* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. 

* TIMING...DEVELOPING BEFORE MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY
  MORNING.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
804 
WWUS43 KMPX 020255
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
855 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING TONIGHT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY...

.ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF
TO 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER WEST
CENTRAL...TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THEN EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA WEST
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH...BUFFALO...AND CAMBRIDGE IN
MINNESOTA AND EAST TO LADYSMITH...IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
ELSEWHERE...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP OFF TO THE 25 TO 35 DEGREE
BELOW ZERO RANGE DURING THE EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

MNZ041>045-047>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-WIZ014>016-
021100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
855 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

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

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...THESE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE REACHED
  OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE MIDNIGHT...THEN DEVELOP AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TOWARD MANKATO...ST CLOUD AND LADYSMITH. WIND CHILL
  VALUES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE SUNDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-021100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
855 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...DEVELOPING BEFORE MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH 
  SUNDAY MORNING. 

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
261 
WWUS43 KMPX 020752
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
152 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THIS MORNING
FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON EAST THROUGH EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTH THROUGH
ALBERT LEA. WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR
IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN AFFECT TO THE
WEST AND NORTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH NOON AS WELL. SOME
CITIES IN THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA INCLUDE FAIRMONT...REDWOOD
FALLS...ST CLOUD...ALEXANDRIA...CAMBRIDGE AS WELL AS RICE LAKE AND
LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. WIND CHILLS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE
FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ041>045-047>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-WIZ014>016-
021600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
152 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

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

* WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-021600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
152 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

RAH
137 
WWUS43 KMPX 021207
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FROM
THE TWIN CITIES ON EAST THROUGH EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTH THROUGH
ALBERT LEA. WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR
IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN AFFECT TO THE
WEST AND NORTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH NOON AS WELL. SOME
CITIES IN THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA INCLUDE FAIRMONT...REDWOOD
FALLS...ST CLOUD...ALEXANDRIA...CAMBRIDGE AS WELL AS RICE LAKE AND
LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. WIND CHILLS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE
FROM 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ041>045-047>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-WIZ014>016-
021800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
607 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

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

* WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-021800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
607 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
365 
WWUS43 KMPX 021725
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS REMAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON...

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS REDEVELOP THIS EVENING...

.THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON.
HOWEVER...BASED ON CONTINUED WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW
AROUND ALEXANDRIA...AN WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. ELSEWHERE...DUE TO WIND CHILL VALUES
ONCE AGAIN FALLING BELOW 25 BELOW...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE
ISSUED FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. AS WINDS DECREASE
TO LESS THAN 5 MPH...THE ADVISORY WILL BE DROPPED FOR MOST OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT MIDNIGHT. THE
EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ST. JAMES TO
MANKATO...HASTING...AND RICE LAKE WISCONSIN WHERE THE ADVISORY
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 3 AM. 

MNZ041-042-047-048-055-030130-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.140302T1800Z-140303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...BENSON
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-049>054-056>059-064>067-073>075-WIZ014-030130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW THIS 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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ082-083-091-092-WIZ015-016-030130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT.

* TIMING...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES REDEVELOPING THIS 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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068-069-030130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO THIS 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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-030130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

JLT
212 
WWUS43 KMPX 021807
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1207 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS REMAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON...

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS REDEVELOP THIS EVENING...

.THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON.
HOWEVER...BASED ON CONTINUED WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW
AROUND ALEXANDRIA...AN WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. ELSEWHERE...DUE TO WIND CHILL
VALUES ONCE AGAIN FALLING BELOW 25 BELOW...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. AS
WINDS DECREASE TO LESS THAN 5 MPH...THE ADVISORY WILL BE DROPPED
FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT MIDNIGHT.
THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ST.
JAMES TO MANKATO...HASTING...AND RICE LAKE WISCONSIN WHERE THE
ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 3 AM.

MNZ041-042-047-048-055-030215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...BENSON
1207 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-049>054-056>059-064>067-073>075-WIZ014-030215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE
1207 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW THIS 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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ082-083-091-092-WIZ015-016-030215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0900Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1207 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068-069-030215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE
1207 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO THIS 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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-030215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0900Z/
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1207 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
816 
WWUS43 KMPX 022111
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
311 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS REDEVELOP THIS EVENING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A 
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING AT 6 PM
THIS EVENING. AS WINDS DECREASE TO LESS THAN 5 MPH...THE ADVISORY
WILL BE DROPPED FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AT MIDNIGHT. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM ST. JAMES TO MANKATO...HASTING...AND RICE LAKE
WISCONSIN WHERE THE ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 3 AM.

MNZ041-042-047-048-055-030600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...BENSON
311 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-049>054-056>069-073>075-WIZ014-030600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-
ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE
311 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW THIS 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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ015-016-023>028-030600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.140303T0000Z-140303T0900Z/
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
311 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

JLT
653 
WWUS43 KMPX 030127
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
727 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 9 AM MONDAY
MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CLOSE TO 5 MPH WILL PERSIST
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...CREATING WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE
OF 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ041-042-047-048-055-031000-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140303T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...BENSON
727 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-049>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-031000-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140303T1500Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-
ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
727 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
455 
WWUS43 KMPX 030455
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1055 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 9 AM
MONDAY MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CLOSE TO 5 MPH WILL
PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...CREATING WIND CHILLS IN
THE RANGE OF 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ041-042-047-048-055-031500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140303T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...BENSON
1055 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-049>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-031500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140303T1500Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-
ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1055 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
380 
WWUS43 KMPX 031006
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

...COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
WIND CHILL READINGS IN THESE AREAS WILL RANGE FROM 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW
ZERO.

MNZ041-042-047-048-055-031115-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140303T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...BENSON
406 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 

WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED.

$$

MNZ049-051-054-056>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-031115-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140303T1500Z/
STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
406 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 

WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED.

$$

MNZ043>045-050-052-053-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-031500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140303T1500Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-GOODHUE-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...RED WING...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
406 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Mar 1, 11:23 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 11:23 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1123 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 400 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

METEOROLOGICAL SPRING IS HERE...BUT ITS STILL WINTER ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST AS FAR AS THE WEATHER IS CONCERNED. A FEW THINGS TO
TALK ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...FIRST CONCERN IS THE EXPECTED
PRECIPITATION TODAY...AND DEALING WITH FORECAST TEMPERATURES THAT
CONTINUE TO BE WELL BELOW NORMAL...POTENTIALLY NEAR RECORD COLD
TONIGHT FOR SOME LOCATIONS. WE'VE NOTED THE CONTINUED SHIFT IN THE
MODEL TRENDS TO SHUNT TODAYS SNOW FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.  THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKED PRETTY GOOD IN PLACEMENT OF THE
SNOW...KEEPING IT SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO.  THE MAIN CHANGE
IN THIS FORECAST WAS TO SLOW DOWN THE ONSET OF THE SNOW JUST A FEW
HOURS...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL IN THE FA OCCURRING ALONG THE
I-90 CORRIDOR IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE
GETS MORE ESTABLISHED ACROSS THIS AREA AS SEEN ON THE 290K SURFACE.
THE METRO AND AREAS NORTH...LOOK TO MISS OUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
SOME FLURRIES AS THE 1047MB ARCTIC HIGH PUSHES IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST. THE CONCERN THEN SWITCHES TO THE TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT...WHICH LOOKS TO BE THE FIRST OF TWO BITTERLY COLD NIGHTS IN
A ROW IN WHICH RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES MAY FALL. IT LOOKS LIKE AT
THE LEAST...A SOLID WIND CHILL ADVISORY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH
APPARENT TEMPS FROM -25 TO -35 OR SO ACROSS MOST OF THE FA...WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHWEST PORTION WHERE A WIND CHILL WARNING
MAY BE NECESSARY AS APPARENT TEMPS FALL BELOW -35 EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

METEOROLOGICAL WINTER MAY BE OVER...BUT IT SURE DOES NOT LOOK THAT
WAY FOR THE EARLY PORTION OF THE LONG TERM FORECAST. WITH AN
ARCTIC HIGH BUILDING OVER THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT... A RECORD COLD PERIOD IS FORECAST.

HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE ABOVE ZERO IN THE TWIN
CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO
TO THE WEST. THE RECORD LOW HIGHS FOR THESE LOCATIONS ARE: KSTC 5
(1943)...KMSP 5 (1943 AND 1989) AND KEAU 3 (1943). THE CURRENT HIGH
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY FOR KSTC IS -1...FOR KMSP 1 AND KEAU 2.

THE NEXT SET OF RECORDS LIKELY TO BE BROKEN WILL BE MONDAY
MORNING AT THESE SAME THREE CLIMATE STATIONS. THE RECORD LOWS IN
PLACE FOR THE 3RD OF THE MARCH ARE: KSTC -16 (1971)...KMSP -13
(1873) AND KEAU -11 (1943). THE CURRENT LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST
FOR MONDAY MORNING FOR KSTC IS -21...FOR KMSP -14 AND KEAU -17.

IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC COLD...THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION TO
MORE OF A WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN FOR THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD.
THIS CHANGE WILL BRING SEVERAL PIECES OF PACIFIC ENERGY TO THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WEDNESDAY IS STILL THE PERIOD WHERE
PRETTY GOOD PRECIPITATION AGREEMENT REMAINS BETWEEN THE GFS AND
ECMWF WITH CHANCE POPS FOR SNOW STILL IN PLACE. HIGH TEMPERATURES
LATE NEXT WEEK WILL CLIMB TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK WITH A FEW
NIGHTS IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S. STILL BELOW NORMAL BUT A
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1110 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

KRWF-KMSP-KEAU ON THE EDGE OF THE SNOW THREAT FOR THE AFTERNOON.
KRWF DID MANAGE TO GET SNOW SNOW IN THAT AREA. LATEST RADAR TRENDS
INDICATE MAYBE SOME FLURRIES AT KMSP...AND PERHAPS SOME LIGHT SNOW
AT KEAU...AS RADAR STREAK IS AIMING AT KEAU LATE THIS MORNING. WILL
HAVE TO MONITOR THIS FOR POSSIBLE AMD THERE. THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA SHOULD REMAIN VFR WITH SOME MID LEVEL/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS
AROUND. MAY SEE A FEW CUMULUS STREETS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
SHOULD EB AS WIDESPREAD AS YESTERDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH
THIS EVENING AND SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 10 KTS MOST ARES SUNDAY.

KMSP...WILL MAINTAIN LOW END VFR CIGS INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE
SNOW AREA MOVES EAST/SOUTHEAST JUST SOUTH OF THE FIELD. WILL
INCLUDE SOME FLURRIES FOR NOW...BUT SHOULD END BY 00Z SUN.
MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS SCATTER OUT OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WIND
10-16KTS FOR THE MOST PART THIS AFTERNOON. DIMINISHING TONIGHT AND
BECOMING MORE WEST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SUN NIGHT...VFR. WINDS NW 5-10 KTS.
MON...VFR. WINDS LGT/VRBL.
TUE...CHC MVFR/-SN. WINDS SE 5-10 KTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR MNZ041>045-047>050-
     054>058-064.

WI...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...SPD
LONG TERM...RAH
AVIATION...DWE
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 12:49 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1249 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
021200-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
1249 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR WITH
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS FOR SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 2:17 PM CSTWind Chill WarningMPXBenton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas and 23 more22 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2014Wind Chill Advisories in Wisconsin, 2014Every wind chill advisory 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.