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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 25, 2014, 2:57 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 25, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2014, 2:57 PM CST (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- 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 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 1394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 107 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
719 WWUS43 KMPX 252057 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...A PERIOD OF SNOW FOR MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT TONIGHT... THEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-261100- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.140126T1500Z-140127T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.140126T0000Z-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 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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. * OTHER IMPACTS: 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 30 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 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. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-059>063-068>070-077-078-261100- /O.NEW.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 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 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. * OTHER IMPACTS: 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 30 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. && $$ WIZ023>026-261100- /O.NEW.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 257 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 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. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 20 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. && $$
13 follow-up statements
419 WWUS43 KMPX 252107 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...A PERIOD OF SNOW FOR MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT... THEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .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 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-261100- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.140126T0000Z-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 307 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... 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. * OTHER IMPACTS: 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 30 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 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. && $$ MNZ043-044-050-051-059>063-068>070-077-078-261100- /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 307 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 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. * OTHER IMPACTS: 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 30 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. && $$ WIZ023>026-261100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.140126T0600Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 307 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TOWARD MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY... WITH MORE SPORADIC SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING... AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED... MAINLY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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. && $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-028-261000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
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. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-262045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 549 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
958 WWUS43 KMPX 261157 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 557 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... ...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.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ 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 557 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * 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>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014-262000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 557 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 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. && $$ WIZ023>026-262000- /O.CON.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 557 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 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. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-262000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 557 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
391 WWUS43 KMPX 261617 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1017 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND COMBINE WITH THE 1 TO 4 INCHES OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW...TO 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 TONIGHT...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 EARLY HIGHS 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 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-270030- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ 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 1017 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...THEN PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. * 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 TODAY...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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014-270030- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 1017 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING...AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-027-028-270030- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1017 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS 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 THIS 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 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 THIS 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. && $$ WIZ023>026-270030- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 1017 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TODAY... DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EVENING AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ016-270030- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LADYSMITH 1017 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * 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 THIS 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. && $$
226 WWUS43 KMPX 262104 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 304 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND COMBINE WITH THE 1 TO 4 INCHES OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW...TO 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 TONIGHT...WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE... BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THIS AFTERNOON...FALLING 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 TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-270515- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ 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 304 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. * 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: WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS 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>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014-270515- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 304 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY THIS 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 DROP TO NEAR ZERO 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 THIS 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. && $$ WIZ016-270515- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LADYSMITH 304 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-023>028-270515- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 304 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP 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 THIS 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. && $$
950 WWUS43 KMPX 270043 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 643 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND COMBINE WITH THE 1 TO 4 INCHES OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW...TO 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 TONIGHT...WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE...BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FALL BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW BY DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-270900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ 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 643 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NO NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS: WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS 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>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014-270900- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 643 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NO NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO 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 THROUGH 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. && $$ WIZ015-016-023>028-270900- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 643 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NO NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
958 WWUS43 KMPX 270554 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1154 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE NOW FALLEN BELOW ZERO AND WILL BOTTOM OUT MONDAY MORNING BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...FOR TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO OVER 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HOWEVER...THIS DROP IN WIND SPEEDS WILL ALLOW WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NO LONGER EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-271400- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ 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 1154 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILLS: WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW: NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014-271400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 1154 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILLS: WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW: NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-023>028-271400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1154 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILLS: WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW: NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. 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 winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 25, 6:00 AM CST, 8 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 6:00 AM CST, 8 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
600 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 339 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
ARCTIC FRONT HAS NOW SLIPPED INTO IOWA THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG NW
WINDS TAKING THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPS AWAY WITH IT AND IT WILL
LIKELY BE FEBRUARY BEFORE WE SEE THEM AGAIN. GOOD DRYING VISIBLE ON
WATER VAPOR INDICATIVE OF THE STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT THAT HAS HELPED SCOURED OUT CLOUD COVER. SKIES WILL
REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE CLIPPER THAT WAS INITIALIZED ON
THE 25.00 ECMWF UP OVER NE ALASKA HEADS FOR NE NODAK/NW MN 24 HOURS
LATER. WINDS WILL ALSO SUBSIDE BY THE AFTERNOON AS A SFC RIDGE AXIS
WORKS ACROSS MN...SO ANY MINOR BLOWING SNOW OUT THERE THIS MORNING
WILL QUICKLY GO AWAY BY THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF CAA AND
THE RIDGE AXIS MOVING THROUGH WILL RESULT IN FAIRLY STEADY
TEMPERATURES TODAY...WITH THE WARMEST PORTION OF THE SHORT TERM
PERIOD EXPECTED TO COME TONIGHT AS INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND SE
WINDS WILL RESULT IN STEADILY RISING TEMPERATURES ALL NIGHT.
FOR THE SNOW TONIGHT...MODEL CONSENSUS IS QUITE HIGH WITH VERY
LITTLE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN MODELS IN TERMS OF TIMING...PLACEMENT...
OR AMOUNTS. FORCING FOR THIS SNOW WILL BE STRONG AS WELL...WITH 50
KTS OF FLOW HEADING UP THE 290K ISENTROPIC SFC...HELPING TO FEED A
STRONG WAA BAND OF SNOW. THERE IS ALSO A GOOD FGEN SIGNAL FROM H8-H6
COINCIDENT WITH THE ISENTROPIC LIFT...SO THAT WILL BE AIDING IN
DEVELOPING SOME MODERATE SNOW AS WELL. THIS ISENTROPIC LIFT AND FGEN
WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SNOW WE SAW LAST SATURDAY...WITH THE MAIN
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO COMING WITH ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY. LAST
SATURDAY WE SAW BEST LI/S APPROACHING ZERO...WITH THE WEAK STABILITY
AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME CSI AND THOSE SNOW RATES AROUND 2
INCHES AN OUR AT TIMES. THIS TIME AROUND BEST LI/S ARE ONLY PROGGED
TO APPROACH 10...SO THE MORE STABLE ATMO MEANS THE BANDING SNOW
SHOULD NOT BE AS EFFICIENT. BEST TIME PERIOD FOR MODERATE SNOW IN
THE MPX AREA WILL BE FROM JUST 3Z TO 8Z...SO THE SHORT DURATION OF
THE FORCING WITHOUT THE HIGHER RATES MEANS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MN...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
COINCIDING WITH WHERE THE BLIZZARD WATCH CURRENTLY IS /2 TO 3
INCHES/. WE MAY SEE AN ISOLATED SNOWFALL TOTAL AROUND 4 INCHES...BUT
ALL IN ALL...THIS SNOW LOOKS TO FALL SHORT OF THE 3-5 INCHES NEEDED
FOR AN ADVISORY...SO DECIDED AGAINST AN ADVY FOR THIS SNOW AND WILL
CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BIG THREAT FOR THE WEEKEND...WHICH IS THE
POTENTIAL BLIZZARD FOR SUNDAY.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 339 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
MODEL SOLUTIONS REMAIN IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT ON DRIVING A CLIPPER
ACROSS THE FA SUNDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING
ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MN LATE IN THE MORNING AND PREVAILING
THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL PRECEDE THE LOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND
THEN GET BLOWN AROUND BY 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TOP OF THE CHANNEL WINDS FROM THE NAM FOR
KMOX...KRWF AND KFRM SUNDAY AFTERNOON REMAIN NEAR 55 MPH. ELEVATED
INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO BE INDICATED AS WELL WITH SNOW SHOWERS
LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A SHORT WAVE PUSHES THROUGH. THIS
IS AN EXCELLENT COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR A
BLIZZARD. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON HOW WARM
IT BE ACROSS FAR SW MN AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH. USED A
COMBINATION OF ECMWF/GEM BC GUIDANCE TO ALLOW A CONTINUED RISE TO
NEAR 30 DEGREES SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES
THEREAFTER. CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI TOUGH AS WELL WITH
HIGHS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS EXPECTED. HENCE...QUITE A
GRADIENT EXISTS ACROSS THE CWA ON SUNDAY. WE PUSHED THE BLIZZARD START
AND ENDS TIMES FORWARD BY 3 HOURS BASED ON THE WIND FORECAST. THE
MAIN CONCERN IS THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE
WINDS TO REMOTELY SETTLE DOWN.
BY THE TIME MONDAY MORNING ARRIVES...TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE
PLUMMETED INTO THE 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE ACROSS THE CWA. LITTLE
RECOVERY WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY 10 TO
15 BELOW ZERO. MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT IN THE LONG
TERM WITH LOWS IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. DURING THIS WHOLE
PERIOD...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE
40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO RANGE. TUESDAY NIGHT WILL SEE LOWS IN THE 10
TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE WITH WIND CHILLS NEAR 35 BELOW ZERO. HENCE...
LONG TERM WIND CHILL WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED IN THE WAKE OF THE
BLIZZARD. SOME MODERATION ON WEDNESDAY AS YET ANOTHER CLIPPER
APPROACHES. THIS MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND BACK
DOWN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH BELOW ZERO LOWS LIKELY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES WAS TO KEEP THE BLIZZARD
WATCH AT THIS POINT WITH UPGRADES COMING LATER TODAY. WE WILL
LIKELY NEED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS WELL ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
THEN WIND CHILL WARNINGS WILL LIKELY RUN FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 600 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
TWO ISSUES THIS TAF PERIOD ARE TIMING IN TWO RAPID WIND SHIFTS AND
BRINGING IN SNOW WITH ANOTHER CLIPPER. THE WIND SHIFTS WILL COME
THIS EVENING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING. THE WIND
SHIFTS ARE THE RESULT OF A SFC LOW THAT WILL SLIDE ACROSS SW MN
TONIGHT. MODELS SHOW LITTLE DISCREPANCIES ON THESE WIND SHIFTS
AND CURRENT TAFS REFLECTED THE WINDS WELL TOO...SO MADE FEW
CHANGES TO WINDS. LIKE THE WINDS...MODELS ALSO IN STRONG AGREEMENT
ON BURST OF SNOW TONIGHT...AND CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON RETURN OF
SNOW IN TAFS. IF ANYTHING...TAFS MAY BE AN HOUR OR TWO SLOW. THIS
IS A CLIPPER...WHICH MEANS WORST CONDITIONS WE CAN EXPECT WOULD BE
3/4SM VIS WITH A CIG OF VV008...TYPICAL CLIPPER FARE. HEAVIEST
SNOW LOOKS TO FALL FROM AXN DOWN INTO RWF...WITH LIGHTER SNOW
EAST...THOUGH EVERYONE WILL SEE SOME SNOW THIS TAF PERIOD.
KMSP...CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH IN TAF UNTIL AFTER THE SNOW ENDS
SUNDAY MORNING WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER CIGS WILL BE VFR OR
MVFR. STRONGEST WINDS AND BLSN ISSUES LOOK TO RAMP UP QUICKLY JUST
AFTER THIS TAF PERIOD. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FOR MSP LOOKS TO BE IN
THE 1.5 TO 2.5 INCH RANGE.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SUN...MVFR/IFR WITH -SHSN AND BLSN. WINDS BCMG NW AT 20G35 KTS.
MON...VFR. WINDS NW AT 10G15 KTS.
TUE...VFR. WINDS W/WSW 5-10 KTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093.
WI...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...MPG
LONG TERM...RAH
AVIATION...MPGHazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 10:51 AM CST, 4 hours 6 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 25, 9:53 AM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM SNOW NWS CHANHASSEN 44.85N 93.57W
01/25/2014 M1.5 INCH CARVER MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
1200 AM SNOW MSP INTL AIRPORT 44.89N 93.23W
01/25/2014 M1.3 INCH HENNEPIN MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
1200 AM SNOW EAU CLAIRE 44.82N 91.49W
01/25/2014 M0.6 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI BROADCAST MEDIA
DAILY SNOWFALL 0.8 INCHES WHEN INCLUDING MORNING SNOW.
0500 AM SNOW 1 N WOODBURY 44.92N 92.92W
01/25/2014 M1.1 INCH WASHINGTON MN COCORAHS
0600 AM SNOW RED WING 44.58N 92.60W
01/25/2014 M1.0 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM SNOW FARIBAULT 44.30N 93.27W
01/25/2014 M0.7 INCH RICE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM SNOW HASTINGS 44.73N 92.85W
01/25/2014 M1.0 INCH DAKOTA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM SNOW KIMBALL 45.31N 94.30W
01/25/2014 M0.5 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 6 NNE BIG LAKE 45.42N 93.70W
01/25/2014 M1.0 INCH SHERBURNE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BALDWIN 44.96N 92.37W
01/25/2014 M1.5 INCH ST. CROIX WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ZUMBROTA 44.29N 92.67W
01/25/2014 M1.0 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW CHASKA 44.82N 93.61W
01/25/2014 M1.4 INCH CARVER MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 SE CAMERON 45.38N 91.71W
01/25/2014 M1.0 INCH BARRON WI COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW LITTLE FALLS 45.97N 94.38W
01/25/2014 M1.5 INCH MORRISON MN COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW JIM FALLS 45.05N 91.27W
01/25/2014 M0.9 INCH CHIPPEWA WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSW RIVER FALLS 44.84N 92.63W
01/25/2014 M1.0 INCH PIERCE WI COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW 1 NE ELK MOUND 44.89N 91.67W
01/25/2014 M1.8 INCH DUNN WI COCORAHS
0800 AM SNOW CARLOS 45.97N 95.29W
01/25/2014 M1.0 INCH DOUGLAS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
01/25/2014 M2.0 INCH STEELE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW WACONIA 44.85N 93.79W
01/25/2014 M1.2 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
AJZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:57 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 23 more | 33 hr |
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