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Wind Chill Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill watch at Jan 25, 2014, 7:03 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 26, 2014, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2014, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2014, 5:49 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown 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, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood 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, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine 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), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
062 WWUS43 KMPX 260103 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...A PERIOD OF SNOW FOR MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .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 35 TO 60 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-261000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-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 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 60 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. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-059>063-068>070-077-078-261000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.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 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 60 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. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ WIZ023>026-261000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.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 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 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. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-028-261000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
6 follow-up statements
853 WWUS43 KMPX 260830 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 230 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE WRIGHT...CARVER...SCOTT...AND RICE COUNTIES AND IN INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. OVERNIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. LATER THIS MORNING...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 WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE EAST 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 TODAY...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 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-261630- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ 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 230 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR 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 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 WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ059-068-069-077-261630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ WRIGHT-CARVER-SCOTT-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... FARIBAULT 230 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY... DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060>063-070-078-261630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...RED WING 230 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. HOWEVER... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 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. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ WIZ023>026-261630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 230 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. HOWEVER... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-028-261630- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 230 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
506 WWUS43 KMPX 261023 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 423 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE WRIGHT...CARVER...SCOTT...AND RICE COUNTIES AND IN INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. OVERNIGHT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. LATER THIS MORNING...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 WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE EAST 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 TODAY...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 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-261830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 423 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR 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 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060>063-070-078-261830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...RED WING 423 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-261830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 423 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ023>026-261830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 423 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-261830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 423 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
920 WWUS43 KMPX 261108 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 507 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE WRIGHT...CARVER...SCOTT...AND RICE COUNTIES AND IN INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. OVERNIGHT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. LATER THIS MORNING...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 WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE EAST 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 TODAY...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 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-261930- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 507 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR 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 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060>063-070-078-261930- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...RED WING 507 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-261930- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 507 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ023>026-261930- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 507 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-261930- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 507 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
501 WWUS43 KMPX 261111 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 509 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE WRIGHT...CARVER...SCOTT...AND RICE COUNTIES AND IN INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. OVERNIGHT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. LATER THIS MORNING...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 WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE EAST 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 TODAY...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 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-261945- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 509 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR 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 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060>063-070-078-261945- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...RED WING 509 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-261945- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 509 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ023>026-261945- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 509 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-261945- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 509 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
432 WWUS43 KMPX 261116 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 512 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE WRIGHT...CARVER...SCOTT...AND RICE COUNTIES AND IN INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. OVERNIGHT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. LATER THIS MORNING...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 WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE EAST 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 TODAY...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 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-262000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 512 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...DROPPING TO NEAR 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 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060>063-070-078-262000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...RED WING 512 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-262000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 512 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ023>026-262000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 512 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-262000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 512 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
554 WWUS43 KMPX 261150 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 549 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE WRIGHT...CARVER...SCOTT...AND RICE COUNTIES AND IN INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. OVERNIGHT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. LATER THIS MORNING...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 WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE EAST 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 TODAY...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 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-262045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 549 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...DROPPING TO NEAR 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 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-060>063-070-078-262045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...RED WING 549 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-262045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 549 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: 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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ023>026-262045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 549 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-262045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 549 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill watch 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 watch went out at Jan 25, 3:11 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:11 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
311 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
SHORT TERM DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE THE INCLUSION OF A WINTER WEATHER
ADV FOR THE SNOW EVENT TONIGHT WHICH PRECEDES THE BLIZZARD EVENT
FOR SUNDAY. LOOKS LIKE A HEALTHY 2-5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER MOST OF
THE CWA OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOW THE CLIPPER
AND HIGH CONFIDENCE OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER THE
WESTERN/SOUTHWEST CWA...SO THE WATCH WAS CONVERTED TO A WARNING AS
WELL.
OVERALL THE INITIAL CLIPPER SYSTEM IS HANDLED BY MOST MODELS
SIMILARLY. QPF OF AT LEAST .10 TO .18 INCHES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
HEAVIER SNOW AREA...WHICH SHOULD BE LOCATED IN A 70 MILE WIDEBAND
FROM NEAR MORRIS...WILLMAR AND MANKATO. STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT
GENERATED ALONG AND THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...PUSHES EAST AFTER
06Z. TEMPERATURES MAY DROP OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING TO THE
EAST...BEFORE PRESSURE FALLS AND HIGHER CLOUDS MOVE IN.
CLIPPER EXITS IN THE SUNDAY MORNING...WITH ARCTIC BOUNDARY
ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH AXIS DROPPING SOUTHEAST MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS WITH THIS AS
WELL...AS COLDER AIR AND TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. THIS WILL ALSO
AFFECT VSBYS ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP WITH THE COMBINATION OF
OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL
CRASH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH READINGS BELOW ZERO THROUGH 6 PM IN
THE NORTHWEST CWA.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
THE LONGER TERM PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE
PERSISTENT UPPER TROUGH OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA... WITH BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PERIODIC DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTHWEST
UPPER FLOW IMPACTING OUR AREA. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SHOULD BE
ONGOING AT THE START OF THINGS SUNDAY EVENING... ALTHOUGH WINDS
LOOK TO SETTLE DOWN ENOUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE
WORST OF THE BLOWING SNOW TO SUBSIDE. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AS ANY LINGERING MOISTURE IS WRUNG
OUT IN THE POST-FRONTAL CYCLONIC FLOW. THINGS LOOK SIMPLY VERY
COLD... BREEZY AND DRY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THAT TIME FRAME... WITH
WIND CHILLS RANGING ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 50 BELOW ZERO DEPENDING
UPON TEMPERATURES AND WINDS AT THE TIME. THE WORST OF THE WIND
CHILLS WILL BE DURING THE NIGHTTIME GIVEN THE COLDER
TEMPERATURES... BUT THEY WON/T IMPROVE MUCH DURING THE DAY. WIND
CHILL ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE NEEDED AS WE GET
CLOSER IN TIME TO THE COLD OUTBREAK... BUT HELD OFF ON ISSUING
ANYTHING AT THIS POINT FOR THE SAKE OF SIMPLICITY GIVEN THE NEED
FOR ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS TO COVER THE UPCOMING LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW/BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE
NEARER TERM.
WE WILL GET INTO RETURN FLOW AND WARM ADVECTION ON WEDNESDAY...
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO ROCKET INTO THE TEENS ABOVE ZERO... AND
PERHAPS PERHAPS INTO THE BALMY TERRITORY NEAR 20 OVER THE
SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA. WE MAY SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW WORK
THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS... YOU GUESSED IT... A COLD
FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. AT THIS POINT... THERE IS
MINIMAL MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THE FRONT SINCE THE WARM
ADVECTION IS MAINLY WESTERLY AND BRINGING DOWN-SLOPED AIR INTO THE
REGION. HOWEVER... THE GFS AND ECMWF EVENTUALLY MANAGE TO SATURATE
THINGS FOR SOME PCPN ONCE THE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE FRONT MAKE IT INTO THE SOUTH/EAST PORTION OF
THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COLDER TEMPERATURES... BUT NOT BRUTALLY
SO... MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY ALONG AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS SOUTHEAST FROM THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES. CHANCES FOR SOME
LIGHT SNOW COULD RETURN AGAIN BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS AN
UPPER SHORTWAVE RIPPLES EAST ALONG THE BAROCLINIC ZONE... WHICH
WILL BE PARKED TO OUR SOUTH AT THAT POINT. THE ECMWF AND GFS
DIFFER QUITE A BIT ON SOME OF THE FORECAST DETAILS BY SATURDAY AND
BEYOND... ALTHOUGH BOTH SHOW SOME SIGNS OF SUB-TROPICAL RIDGING
OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS AND BAHAMAS... WHICH COULD SET THE STAGE
FOR ANOTHER VERY WARM PERIOD OVER THAT AREA... WHILE THINGS COULD
RETURN CLOSER TO NORMAL HERE. HOWEVER... SUB-500 DAM HEIGHTS WILL
STILL BE LOITERING JUST TO OUR NORTH... SO ANY SUBTLE CHANGES
COULD ONCE AGAIN DROP MORE BITTERLY COLD AIR SOUTHWARD TOWARD OUR
AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIER SNOW
WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE KRWF/KAXN/KMSP AREAS. WILL MENTION SOME VSBYS
DOWN TO 3/4SM AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES ACROSS. LIGHT SNOW
DEVELOPING LATER INTO THE REMAINING TAF SITES...WITH AN AFTER 06Z
START TIME IN WISCONSIN. AS CLIPPER EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLSN WILL
BECOME AN ISSUE OVER THE WESTERN TAF SITES. SOMEWHAT LIGHT WINDS TO
THE EAST WITH LESS THREAT OF VSBYS REDUCTION IN BLSN.
KMSP...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN OVERALL TRENDS IN FORECAST. SNOW WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 04Z AND WILL WITH SOME MODERATE ACCUMULATION
THROUGH ABOUT 11Z. SNOWFALL FOR MSP LOOKS TO BE IN THE 2.5-3 INCH
ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED AT THE AIRPORT. WILL MAINTAIN MVFR CIGS
DURING THE PERIOD WITH STRONGER NW WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER 18Z
SUN.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SUN NITE...MVFR BECOMING VFR. WINDS NW DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KTS
AFTER 06Z.
MON...VFR. WINDS NW AT 10G15 KTS.
TUE...VFR. WINDS W/WSW 5-10 KTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-
082>085-091>093.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-
091>093.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR MNZ043-044-050-051-059>063-068>070-077-078.
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR WIZ023>026.
&&
SHORT TERM...DWE
LONG TERM...TRH
AVIATION...DWEHazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 10:51 AM CST, 8 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1051 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 261700- 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- 1051 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. THE HIGHER END AMOUNTS ARE MAINLY EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH OCCUR CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THIS COUPLED WITH SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 40 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:23 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 56 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.