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Wind Chill Advisory 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 3, 201521 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 3, 2015, 2:37 PM CST for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 4, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2015, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 4, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties

Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

249 
WWUS43 KMPX 032037
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...BLOWING SNOW THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...
...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. 
THIS WILL LEAD TO PERIODIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS BEFORE THE STRONG
WIND BEGINS TO DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET. ELSEWHERE...AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT COULD CAUSE A FEW SLICK
SPOTS ON ROADWAYS.

TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO...AND WITH THE
CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
VALUES 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO ST CLOUD
AND RUSH CITY. 

MNZ047-048-054>057-064-040445-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.150303T2037Z-150304T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. WIND CHILL
  VALUES DROPPING BELOW -25 AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE TO
  BLOWING SNOW. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WIND CHILL 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. 
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ065-073-040445-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. WIND CHILL
  VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE TO
  BLOWING SNOW. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE 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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-040445-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO
237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
  AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

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. 
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
032145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
EAU CLAIRE
237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

$$

MNZ041-040445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALEXANDRIA
237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. WIND CHILL
  VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE TO
  BLOWING SNOW. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE 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. 
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

JLT
5 follow-up statements
196 
WWUS43 KMPX 032138
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...BLOWING SNOW THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...
...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS
WILL LEAD TO PERIODIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS BEFORE THE STRONG WIND
BEGINS TO DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET. ELSEWHERE...AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT COULD CAUSE A FEW SLICK SPOTS
ON ROADWAYS.

TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO...AND WITH THE
CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL CREATE WIND
CHILL VALUES 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO ST CLOUD
AND RUSH CITY.

MNZ041-065-073-040545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
338 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. WIND CHILL 
  VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE 
  TO BLOWING SNOW. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE 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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ047-048-054>057-064-040545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
338 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING... WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
  AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE 
  TO BLOWING SNOW. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WIND CHILL 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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-040545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO
338 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES.

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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

JLT
391 
WWUS43 KMPX 032304
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
504 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...BLOWING SNOW IS DIMINISHING...
...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT...

.BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. THERE ARE
STILL SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO...AND WITH THE
CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL CREATE WIND
CHILL VALUES 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS
NORTHWEST OF 

MNZ041-065-073-040715-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
504 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

* TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES. 

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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ047-048-054>057-064-040715-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
504 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

* TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES. 

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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

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. 
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-040715-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO
504 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES. 

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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
508 
WWUS43 KMPX 040542
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1142 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING...

.TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO...AND WITH THE
CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
VALUES 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO CAMBRIDGE.

MNZ041>045-047>059-064-065-073-041345-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1142 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...COLDEST WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES. 

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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
684 
WWUS43 KMPX 040925
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
325 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...

.MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO...AND COMBINED WITH
THE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
VALUES 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH MID MORNING FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS TO CAMBRIDGE.

MNZ041>045-047>059-064-065-073-041500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-150304T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
325 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...COLDEST WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 
  MINUTES. 

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.
WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
895 
WWUS43 KMPX 041456
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
856 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9AM CST...

.TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TODAY...BUT BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE.

MNZ041>045-047>059-064-065-073-041600-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-150304T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
856 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL WARM TODAY ABOVE THE DANGEROUS THRESHOLD.

$$

JRB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 2:37 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more2 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2015Every wind chill advisory in 2015

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.