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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 14, 2014, 3:52 AM CST for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 14 hr. 27 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2014, 3:52 AM CST (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Jim Falls, WI | |
| Jan 14, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Holcombe, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 4 W Cornell, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Stockholm, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ssw River Falls, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Nw Prescott, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Ellsworth, WI | REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 14, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.3 | 3 N Boyceville, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:20 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Elk Mound, WI | |
| Jan 14, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Menomonie, WI | UPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Jan 14, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Chippewa Falls, WI | |
| Jan 14, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Bloomer, WI | |
| Jan 14, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Roberts, WI | |
| Jan 14, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Baldwin, WI | |
| Jan 14, 8:55 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | S Hudson, WI | REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 14, 9:25 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Eau Claire, WI | UPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Jan 14, 11:20 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Eau Claire, WI | UPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Jan 14, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | Hudson, WI | REPORT RECEIVED VIA TWITTER |
| Jan 14, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 Nw Eau Claire, WI | |
| Jan 14, 1:14 PM CST | SNOW 8.3 | 2 S Eau Claire, WI | |
| Jan 14, 2:50 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 1 W Eau Claire, WI | |
| Jan 14, 4:22 PM CST | SNOW 8.2 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Jan 14, 4:44 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| Jan 14, 4:52 PM CST | SNOW 6.7 | Stanley, WI | |
| Jan 14, 5:04 PM CST | SNOW 6.3 | Jim Falls, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687 WWUS43 KMPX 140952 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON IN EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES. LOWER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MINNESOTA...WHERE TOTALS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. DESPITE THE LOWER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES... SPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIZ027-028-141800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.140114T0952Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ015-016-141800- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-141800- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 4 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ023>026-141800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>076-082-083-091-141800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... THEN END EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 3 INCHES. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
415 WWUS43 KMPX 141534 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TAPERING OFF BY NOON... ...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES FOR MINNESOTA... .LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND ELLSWORTH AND MENOMONIE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA AND STANLEY. PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT TOTALS AROUND 4 INCHES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE LIGHT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WIND GUSTS HAVE APPROACHED 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIZ027-028-142345- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ 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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON...WITH BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-023>026-142345- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
178 WWUS43 KMPX 141606 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON... .HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES CONTINUED IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING OF 4 TO 5 INCHES...WILL INCREASE THE SNOWFALL TOTALS TO LOCALLY 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 3 PM. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND ELLSWORTH AND MENOMONIE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA AND STANLEY. PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT TOTALS AROUND 4 INCHES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE LIGHT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WIND GUSTS HAVE APPROACHED 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIZ023>026-150000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ 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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON...WITH BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
830 WWUS43 KMPX 141736 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES... .HEAVIER SNOW BANDS HAVE LESSEN SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WIND GUSTS HAVE APPROACHED 45 MPH AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 ELSEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WIZ023>026-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ 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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
560 WWUS43 KMPX 141928 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW CONTINUES TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. MOST AREAS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE IMPROVED ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EARLY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY...BUT NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. LIGHT SNOW AND MORE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE IT ENDS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 ELSEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-142030- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ WIZ023>026-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ JLT
823 WWUS43 KMPX 142056 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...CONDITIONS IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON... ...LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. MOST AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE IMPROVED ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. AREAS AROUND EAU CLAIRE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 ELSEWHERE. WIZ023>026-150000- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 142200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL BEFORE IT ENDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ JLT
250 WWUS43 KMPX 142153 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SNOW DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... ...BLIZZARD WATCH THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING IN THE WAKE OF THE SNOW...BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. CURRENT WINTER WEATHER WEATHER ADVISORIES FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 FARTHER WEST. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH WILLMAR TO BLUE EARTH. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF SNOW. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF THE FLUFFY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO. WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 25 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL BEFORE IT ENDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ092-150600- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLUE EARTH 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE BLIZZARD WATCH: * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-150600- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ RAH/DWE
916 WWUS43 KMPX 150028 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH WILLMAR TO BLUE EARTH. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF SNOW. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... ARE LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES... DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO. WIZ027-028-150130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ092-150830- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLUE EARTH 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-093-WIZ015-016-150130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ WIZ023>026-150130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-150830- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ RAH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 13, 10:57 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 10:57 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1057 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 230 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014
MORE COMPLICATED FORECAST BASED ON THE LATEST WARMER AIR IN
SD...AND THE ORIENTATION OF THE FORCING LATER THIS EVENING.
CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF -SN IN NE SD/SE ND/WC MN
WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 50H JET STREAK AHEAD OF THE MAIN STORM
SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT.
INITIALLY...WARMER AIR BLW 3K IN SW MN MAY CAUSE SOME OF THE
PRECIPITATION TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN/SLEET. TEMPS IN WC/SW MN
ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S
WITH DEW PTS IN THE 20S. FORCING IN THIS AREA IS NOT STRONG UNTIL
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS MORE CONVERGENCE ALONG A DEVELOPING WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS. HOWEVER...AT THE SAME TIME...THE SFC
REFLECTION OF THE MAIN WX SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE I-94 CORRIDOR
LEADING TO A NIL BETWEEN THE TWO FORCING ELEMENTS.
THEREFORE...LACK OF FORCING IN SW/SC MN THIS EVENING WILL LEAD TO
MORE SLEET/SPRINKLES OR FREEZING DRIZZLE DEPENDING UPON THE SFC
TEMP.
ANOTHER ELEMENT IS WHETHER BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS LATE
TONIGHT AS THE SFC LOW MOVES SE OF MN. IF A LIMITED AMT OF
SNOWFALL OR A MIXTURE OF SLEET/FZDZ/-RA DEVELOPS...THIS WILL LOWER
THE SNOWFALL TOTALS OR AT LEAST MAKE FOR A SNOWFALL RATIO OF 5-1
/WET SLUSHY SNOW/. DUE TO THE CHC OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND
THE OCCURRENCE OF WET SNOW...WILL UPDATE THE WINTER WX ADVISORY
WITH MORE INFLUENCE OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION IN SW/SC MN...VS
SNOWFALL AMTS/BLOWING SNOW.
FURTHER NORTH...AND MAINLY ACROSS I-94 OR NE OF I-94...SNOWFALL
AMTS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY TUESDAY
MORNING. DEPENDING UPON WHERE THIS INITIAL 85H/70H FRONTOGENETIC
SNOW BAND DEVELOPS...WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL
AMTS WILL BE OVERNIGHT. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL INFORMATION...A
BAND OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL OCCUR FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF
THE TWIN CITIES...EASTWARD TOWARD EAU CLAIRE WI.
FURTHER REFINING OF THE SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING
FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PLOWING. NO CHGS TO TEMPS FOR
TUESDAY...BUT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH IN WC/SW/SC WILL
CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE AN
INCH OR TWO OVERNIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 310 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014
LONG TERM CONCERNS INCLUDE LIGHT SNOW/FREEZING DRIZZLE/LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN STRONG
WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY.
MODELS INDICATE STRONG WARMING ALOFT ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD AMPLIFIED
TROUGH. SHOULD DEVELOP A POSSIBLE LIGHT MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR
SNOW AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOME
QUESTION AS TO HOW DEEP A MOIST LAYER WILL BE INVOLVED AND HOW
MUCH ICE WILL BE INTRODUCED AND INVOLVED WITH THE WARM LAYER.
SHOULD SEE SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURES OVER MUCH OF THE CWA INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY FRONT. WILL WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR THIS INTO THURSDAY...AS SECONDARY ARCTIC FRONT ARRIVES.
TIMING IN QUESTION...BUT MOST MODELS SUGGEST A THURSDAY MORNING
ARRIVAL TO THE WEST AND SPREADING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST DURING THE
DAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW/SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY LIKELY WITH THIS STRONG
TROUGH AS IT ROTATES SOUTHEAST OVER THE REGION. HAVE HIGHER
CHANCE POPS MOST AREAS...WHICH MAY HAVE TO BE INCREASED.
IMPRESSIVE H5 HEIGHT FALLS OF OVER 20 DAMS INDICATED WITH THIS
TROUGH AND STRONG PV ASSOCIATED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO BE SUSTAINED 25-30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KTS
LIKELY IN THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE 10-15 MB 6 HOUR SURFACE PRESSURE
RISES MOVE THROUGH. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
BLOWING SNOW...AND POSSIBLE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THIS
REGION. ESPECIALLY IF WE GET APPRECIABLE SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY IN THIS AREA.
COOLING BEHIND TROUGH AS THE AMPLIFIED TROUGH DIGS TO THE
SOUTHEAST OVER THE EASTERN CONUS INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME INDICATION
OF ANOTHER WEAK CLIPPER MOVING SOUTHEAST IN NORTHWEST FLOW OVER
THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. HAVE INCLUDED THE SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SNOW FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NOW. THIS MAY BE INCREASED OR SHIFTED
INTO SATURDAY IF THE GFS AND GEM COME CLOSE TO VERIFYING DURING
THIS PERIOD.
UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN FLATTENS ONCE AGAIN LATE IN THE
WEEKEND...AND THIS WILL ALLOW MORE PACIFIC TYPE AIR TO RIDGE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...SUGGESTING A WARMING TREND THEN.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1057 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014
THE FIRST BAND OF SNOW IS BETWEEN THE TWIN CITIES AND EAU CLAIRE
LATE THIS EVENING. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WAA
AND MID LEVEL FORCING. A TEMPORARY DROP TO MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL
OCCUR AT KEAU AS THIS BAND PUSHES EAST. KMSP IS ALREADY ON THE
BACK SIDE AND KRNH WILL BE SO SHORTLY. A SECOND AREA OF SNOW HAS
ENTERED WESTERN MN AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL LOW IN SD. THIS SNOW IS
MOVING SE AND WILL BRING A LONGER DURATION OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS AS
IT MOVES THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS AREA
OF SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO BLOSSOM OVER EAST CENTRAL MN AND WEST
CENTRAL WI BY DAYBREAK AND LAST THROUGH MID MORNING. A CONCERN
OVERNIGHT IS HOW STRONG THE NW WINDS WILL BE IN THE WAKE OF THE
WAVE. THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS NEAR 25 KNOT SUSTAINED WINDS
FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MN DEVELOPING AFTER 09Z AND
LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. GUSTS SHOULD REACH 35 TO 40
KNOTS. WINDS WILL BE LESS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THESE AREAS.
THE SNOW FALLING IN THE WEST RIGHT NOW IS OCCURRING WITH PRETTY
WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND THE CONFIDENCE ON LOW VISIBILITIES
IN BLOWING SNOW IS DIMINISHING DUE TO THE STICKINESS OF THE SNOW.
KMSP...TEMPORARY VFR UNTIL AROUND 08Z WHEN A SECOND AREA OF SNOW
ARRIVES FROM THE WEST. CONDITIONS DETERIORATING IN THE 10Z-14Z
PERIOD WITH LOW MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN -SN. IMPROVEMENT THEREAFTER
WITH THE VSBYS ALONG WITH INCREASING NW WINDS. SPEEDS REACHING
NEARLY 20 KNOTS SUSTAINED BY LATE MORNING. THE MVFR CEILING SHOULD
HOLD INTO THE EVENING BUT SOME BREAKS TO VFR POSSIBLE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
WED...VFR BECOMING MVFR CIG CHC -SN LATE. WINDS W 5 KTS BCMG SW
10-20KTS.
THU...MVFR CIG AND SCT -SHSN POSSIBLE WITH STRONG WINDS.
WINDS NW 20G35KT.
FRI...VFR. WINDS NW 10 KTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY FOR MNZ041-
047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093.
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY FOR WIZ023>028.
&&
SHORT TERM...JLT
LONG TERM...DWE
AVIATION...RAHHazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 8:00 PM CST, 7 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 800 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-142130- LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 800 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. NORTHEAST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY OVERNIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING THE POTENTIAL OF 50 MPH WINDS THURSDAY IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THE FRESH SNOW PACK IN PLACE COULD ALSO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016- 023>028-142130- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- 800 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED ONCE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING THE POTENTIAL OF 50 MPH WINDS THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THE FRESH SNOW PACK IN PLACE COULD ALSO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 10:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix | 8 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.