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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 16, 2014, 6:09 PM CST for 26 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2014, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 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, Morrison 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
5 follow-up statements
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. && $$
535 WWUS43 KMPX 170956 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 356 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .COLD AIR AND BLUSTERY WINDS REMAIN IN PLACE THIS MORNING AND ARE LEADING TO VERY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING. ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW AND WIND IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHEN ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPS DOWN OUT OF CANADA. FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL ONLY SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW...BUT WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FARTHER NORTH AND EAST...NEAR THE I-94 CORRIDOR...BLUSTERY WINDS AND A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-171800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.140118T0600Z-140119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-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... LITTLE FALLS...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 356 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS FOR WIND CHILLS: WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW: SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW THE AROUND...AND ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ044-050>052-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ024-026-171800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.140118T0600Z-140119T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 356 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... 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 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP AS THE SNOW IS DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING THE SNOW AROUND...AND ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
562 WWUS43 KMPX 171448 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 848 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW AND WIND IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHEN ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPS DOWN OUT OF CANADA. FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL ONLY SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW...BUT WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FARTHER NORTH AND EAST...NEAR THE I-94 CORRIDOR...BLUSTERY WINDS AND A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-172300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140117T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.140118T0600Z-140119T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-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... LITTLE FALLS...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 848 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW: SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW THE AROUND...AND ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ044-050>052-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ024-026-172300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.140118T0600Z-140119T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 848 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP AS THE SNOW IS DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING THE SNOW AROUND...AND ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more | 35 hr |
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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.