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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 3, 2015, 3:38 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 3, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2015, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 40 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 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389 WWUS43 KMPX 030938 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 338 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS... .AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND OF SNOW THAT WILL PRODUCE 1-3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL TONIGHT IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MN THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MN. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET OVERNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MN AND COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. MNZ082-091-031745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 338 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1-2 INCHES COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. 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 ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ083-092-031745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 338 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1-2 INCHES COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ084-085-093-031745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0600Z-150104T1200Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 338 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1-3 INCHES COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-031745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150104T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 338 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-057>059-065>067-073>075-031745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 338 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
11 follow-up statements
350 WWUS43 KMPX 031756 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS... .AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND OF SNOW THAT WILL PRODUCE 1-2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL TONIGHT IN FAR SOUTHERN MN THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS... ESPECIALLY IN FAR SOUTHERN MN. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET OVERNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MN AND COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. MNZ083-092-040200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ084-085-093-040200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0600Z-150104T1200Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ076-077-040200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0600Z-150104T1200Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1-2 INCHES COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-060>063-068>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-040200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ082-091-040200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1-2 INCHES COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-040200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150104T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-057>059-065>067-073>075-040200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150104T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1156 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
242 WWUS43 KMPX 032144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...POTENTIAL FOR WINTER STORM INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING... .AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND OF SNOW THAT WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL RESULT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN EVEN COLDER AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WHERE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE...AND A WIND CHILL WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT. FINALLY...A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM MONTANA ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA MONDAY. A SHIELD OF SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR. DESPITE IT BEING A SHORT DURATION EVENT...SEVERAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ082-083-091-092-041000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: TONIGHT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ076-077-084-085-093-041000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0600Z-150104T1200Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ065-067-073>075-041000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-041000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041-041000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALEXANDRIA 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WIND CHILL WATCH... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-041000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WIND CHILL WATCH... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ047-048-055-041000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ049-051-057>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-041000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 344 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ BORGHOFF/CLF
955 WWUS43 KMPX 040027 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...POTENTIAL FOR WINTER STORM INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THIS EVENING FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA AROUND FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH... ST JAMES AND MANKATO. ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY... ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF MANKATO. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS... DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL RESULT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN EVEN COLDER AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WHERE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE...AND A WIND CHILL WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT. FINALLY...A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM MONTANA ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA MONDAY. A SHIELD OF SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR. DESPITE IT BEING A SHORT DURATION EVENT... SEVERAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ082-083-091-092-040830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.150104T0027Z-150104T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.150104T0700Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE BLIZZARD WARNING... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH ONE OR TWO INCHES OF FALLING SNOW...LEADING TO VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * TIMING: UNTIL 1 AM. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. 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 ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ076-077-084-085-093-040830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.150104T0700Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ065-067-073>075-040830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-040830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041-040830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALEXANDRIA 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WIND CHILL WATCH... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-040830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WIND CHILL WATCH... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ047-048-055-040830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ049-051-057>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-040830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.150104T0300Z-150105T0000Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 627 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
423 WWUS43 KMPX 040716 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 116 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...POTENTIAL FOR WINTER STORM INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS... DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL RESULT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN EVEN COLDER AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WHERE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE...AND A WIND CHILL WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT. FINALLY...A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM MONTANA ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA MONDAY. A SHIELD OF SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR. DESPITE IT BEING A SHORT DURATION EVENT... SEVERAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ082-083-091-092-041500- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0700Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 116 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. 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 ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ076-077-084-085-093-041500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 116 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. 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 ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-041500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 116 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-041500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 116 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WIND CHILL WATCH... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-055-057>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-041500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 116 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
364 WWUS43 KMPX 040958 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...POTENTIAL FOR WINTER STORM INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WHERE A WIND CHILL WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FINALLY...A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM MONTANA ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA MONDAY. A SHIELD OF SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES. DESPITE IT BEING A SHORT DURATION EVENT... SEVERAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ054-056-041800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T2100Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO 358 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE TRIMMED ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3-5" ARE STILL EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-041800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0001.150105T0300Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 358 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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 FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ076-077-084-085-093-041800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 358 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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 ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ082-083-091-092-041800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 358 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * TIMING: THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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 ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-041800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 358 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-055-057>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-041800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 358 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
889 WWUS43 KMPX 041151 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 551 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...POTENTIAL FOR WINTER STORM INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WHERE A WIND CHILL WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WIND CHILL WARNING AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FINALLY...A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM MONTANA ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA MONDAY. A SHIELD OF SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES. DESPITE IT BEING A SHORT DURATION EVENT... SEVERAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ076-077-084-085-093-042000- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 551 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ082-083-091-092-042000- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 551 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-042000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.150105T0300Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 551 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-042000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 551 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-042000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 551 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
566 WWUS43 KMPX 042116 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO EAU CLAIRE. WIND CHILLS WILL COMMONLY RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO IN THESE AREAS. NORTH OF THIS LINE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 BELOW ZERO. FINALLY...A BAND OF SNOW SHOULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE AROUND 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL DECREASE THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO IN MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-050530- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.W.0001.150104T2116Z-150105T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 316 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING 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 FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ082-091-092-050530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 316 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 6 INCHES * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>077-083>085-093-050530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 316 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND COULD BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-050530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 316 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
263 WWUS43 KMPX 050449 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1049 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO EAU CLAIRE. WIND CHILLS WILL COMMONLY RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO IN THESE AREAS. NORTH OF THIS LINE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 BELOW ZERO...WHICH WILL LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...A BAND OF SNOW SHOULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE AROUND 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL DECREASE THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO IN MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ082-091-092-051300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1049 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 6 INCHES * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-051300- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1049 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>077-083>085-093-051300- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1049 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND COULD BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-051300- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1049 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
836 WWUS43 KMPX 050941 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 341 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO EAU CLAIRE. WIND CHILLS WILL COMMONLY RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO IN THESE AREAS. NORTH OF THIS LINE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 BELOW ZERO. IN ADDITION...A BAND OF SNOW SHOULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE AROUND 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL DECREASE GOING NORTHWARD IN MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ082-091-092-051800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 341 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-051600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 341 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>077-083>085-093-051800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 341 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ054-051800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MADISON 341 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-055>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-051600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 341 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
657 WWUS43 KMPX 051208 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 608 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...FRIGID WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL COMMONLY RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 BELOW ZERO IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION...A BAND OF SNOW SHOULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE AROUND 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL DECREASE GOING NORTHWARD IN MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-051600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 608 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ082-091-092-052000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 608 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-073>077-083>085-093-052000- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 608 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-055>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-051600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 608 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
745 WWUS43 KMPX 051617 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1017 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A BAND OF SNOW SHOULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE AROUND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL DECREASE GOING NORTHWARD IN MINNESOTA...HOWEVER ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ082-091-092-060030- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1017 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-073>077-083>085-093-060030- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.150105T1800Z-150106T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1017 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME HEAVY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 051730- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1017 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Chisago, Douglas, Faribault and 16 more | 20 days |
| Jan 3, 3:44 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 11 more | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.