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Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 8, 2014, 3:46 PM CST for 36 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 8, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2014, 3:46 PM CST (21:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2014, 5:44 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 45 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WWUS43 KMPX 082146 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 346 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...ONE MORE NIGHT OF DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASE...FIRST THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH STILL UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES OF BETWEEN 25 AND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. WARMING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW WIND CHILL VALUES TO RISE ABOVE 20 BELOW ZERO WEST OF I-35 BY THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE COOLER TEMPERATURES EAST OF I-35 WILL ALLOW DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES TO PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ041>043-047>049-055>058-065>067-075-083-092-090600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.140109T0000Z-140109T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 346 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND 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 DRESS WARMLY AND IN SEVERAL LAYERS. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-090600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.140109T0600Z-140109T1700Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 346 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS WARMLY AND IN SEVERAL LAYERS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
835 WWUS43 KMPX 090142 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 742 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...ONE MORE NIGHT OF DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASE...FIRST THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH STILL UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES OF BETWEEN 25 AND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. WARMING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW WIND CHILL VALUES TO RISE ABOVE 25 BELOW ZERO WEST OF I-35 AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE COOLER TEMPERATURES EAST OF I-35 WILL ALLOW DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ041>043-047>049-055>058-065>067-075-083-092-091000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140109T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 742 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND 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 DRESS WARMLY AND IN SEVERAL LAYERS. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-091000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.140109T0600Z-140109T1700Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 742 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS WARMLY AND IN SEVERAL LAYERS. && $$
775 WWUS43 KMPX 090809 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 209 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING... .ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS WESTERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES HAVE ALSO MODIFIED ALLOWING FOR WIND CHILL VALUES TO REMAIN ABOVE 25 BELOW ZERO. THUS THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ONLY AREAS IN FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHICH HAVE BOTH COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND SPEEDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH...WILL ALLOW FOR WIND CHILL VALUES TO HOLD AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MID MORNING. MNZ050-051-059-060-068-069-076-077-084-085-093-090915- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140109T1700Z/ BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 209 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ MNZ041>043-047>049-055>058-065>067-075-083-092-090915- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140109T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 209 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-061>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-091615- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140109T1700Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... 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 209 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND 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 DRESS WARMLY AND IN SEVERAL LAYERS. && $$ JLT
094 WWUS43 KMPX 091144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 544 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .ONLY A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE WIND CHILL VALUES 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH 9 AM. ONCE SKIES BECOME CLOUDY...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RISE SHARPLY WITH WIND CHILL VALUES RISING ABOVE 25 BELOW BY 9 AM. WIZ014>016-025-027-091500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140109T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.140109T1200Z-140109T1500Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER 544 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-061>063-070-078-WIZ023-024-026-028-091245- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140109T1700Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 544 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ JLT
Nearby
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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.