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Wind Chill Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill watch at Jan 3, 2015, 3:44 PM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 4, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:58 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
3 follow-up statements
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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill watch went out at Jan 3, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
233 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 329 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
BOTH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ARE NOW
IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE FA FOR THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MN. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY
ONLY COVERS WESTERN MN AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL VERY LIKELY BE
EXPANDED EASTWARD BY THE DAY SHIFT TODAY.
EARLY THIS MORNING...A WELL ADVERTISED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS
CENTERED OVER THE ND/SD BORDER AND MOVING EASTWARD. A SOLID
PRECIPITATION SHIELD TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE LOW HAS
PRODUCED SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS NORTHERN MN
AND NORTH DAKOTA. THIS SYSTEM IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE SHORT
TERM PERIOD.
THE MORNING WILL START OUT QUITE PLEASANT FOR EARLY JANUARY ACROSS
THE REGION. MUCH OF THE AREA /MAINLY WESTERN MN/ WILL LIKELY SEE
SOME SUN MIXED WITH HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING AS A TONGUE OF DRY
AIR IN THE LOW LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW KEEPS KEEPS THE CLOUD
COVER AT BAY. FURTHER EAST...ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE
CLOUDS IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY IN EXTREME EASTERN MN AND WEST
CENTRAL WI. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE TODAY.
THE LOW WILL DRIFT EAST TODAY...AND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST...BEGINNING WITH
FAR WESTERN MN THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THE TWIN CITIES BY
EVENING...AND MAKING IT THROUGH EAU CLAIRE PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. ITS LOOKING MORE LIKELY THAT A DECENT BAND OF SNOW WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES EASTWARD TONIGHT. WESTERN MN WILL
LIKELY NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION...BUT EXTREME
SOUTHERN MN...THROUGH EASTERN MN...AND WEST CENTRAL WI WILL SEE
1-3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH
THIS AREA TONIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL DIG AND
PIVOT...AND FORCING BECOMES STRONGER AS F-GEN INTENSIFIES ACROSS
EASTERN MN. THIS WILL HELP A BAND OF SNOW INTENSIFY OVER EASTERN
MN AND MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WI. AS EXPECTED WITH AN ARCTIC
FRONT...COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL COOL THE ENTIRE COLUMN AND OFFER A
HIGH RATIO SNOWFALL...WHICH MAKES ME MORE CONCERNED WITH BLOWING
SNOW POTENTIAL. MEANWHILE...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FOLLOW
THE FRONT MAKING FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-30 MPH IN WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN MN AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH /WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER VALUES
EAST/. THIS COMBINATION WILL CAUSE LIMITED VISIBILITIES WITHIN THE
BAND OF SNOW. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLUMMETING IN THE
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW...WITH SUBZERO READINGS QUICKLY ADVANCING
EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN MN OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS
WESTERN MN WILL QUICKLY DROP TO 25-35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 329 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
ARCTIC AIR PRODUCING FRIGID WIND CHILL VALUES FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEK AND A CLIPPER SYSTEM DELIVERING PLOWABLE SNOWFALL FOR MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR THIS FCST PKG.
SUNDAY WILL START OUT WITH A PHASED LOW PRES CENTER OVER THE
CENTRAL GREAT LAKES...A CDFNT S OF THE AREA...AND POTENT CAA
UNDERWAY WHILE A LONGWAVE TROF AXIS IS PROGGED TO SWING THRU THE
AREA. A 1050MB HIGH IN WRN CANADA WILL DROP SEWD ALONG THE SPINE
OF THE ROCKIES...GRADUALLY SPREADING EWD SUN INTO MON ACRS THE
CENTRAL-NRN PLAINS AND THE UPR-MID MISS RIVER VALLEY REGIONS. HIGH
TEMPS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MPX CWFA WILL OCCUR AROUND
MIDNIGHT EARLY SUN MRNG AS CAA WILL DROP TEMPS TO BELOW ZERO FOR
MUCH IF NOT THE ENTIRE DAYTIME PERIOD...EVEN WITH THE OCCASIONAL
BREAK IN THE CLOUD COVER. WIND CHILLS WILL EASILY REMAIN BELOW -20
FOR THE ENTIRE DAY AND EVEN AS LOW AS -30 FOR PARTS OF WRN MN DURG
THE DAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE CWFA WILL JOIN THE -25 TO -30 WIND
CHILL RANGE BY LATE AFTN AND REMAIN THERE THRU SUN NIGHT INTO MON
WITH PARTIAL CLOUD COVER. LOW TEMPS WILL FALL TO -12 TO -20 EARLY
MON MRNG.
THE NEXT ITEM OF NOTE IS A CLIPPER SYSTEM FOR MON AND MON NIGHT...
A SYSTEM THAT ORIGINATES IN THE GULF OF ALASKA SUN THEN QUICKLY IS
SHUNTED SEWD OVER THE PAC NW AND OVER THE NRN ROCKIES SUN THRU SUN
NIGHT. THE LOW IS QUICKLY PICKED UP BY A SHORTWAVE TROF AXIS OVER
THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES MON AFTN...BRINGING IT EWD ACRS THE MID
MISS RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY MON NIGHT. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A FAIR AMOUNT OF PACIFIC MOISTURE
WITH IT AND BECOME ENHANCED BY STRONG MID-UPR LVL JETTING WHICH
WILL PROMOTE STRONG LIFT. EVEN WITH THE RELATIVE FORWARD SPEED OF
THE SYSTEM...STRONG PVA ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SYSTEM WITHIN
THE DEEP MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SOME PERIODS OF MOD-HVY SNOW LATE
MON AFTN THRU MON EVE. THERE IS DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT AMONG THE
GFS/GEM/EC OF HAVING A SLIGHTLY MORE SLY TRACK TO THE HVY SNOW...
A 4-6 INCH SWATH ROUGHLY FROM KANDIYOHI/SWIFT/CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IN
WRN MN SEWD THRU STEELE/WASECA/FREEBORN COUNTIES IN SRN MN. LOCAL
HOPWRF MODEL MAINTAINS THE SLIGHTLY NRN SWATH...BRINGING THOSE
HIGHER AMOUNTS INTO THE WRN AND SRN TWIN CITY METRO REGIONS... BUT
HAVE OPTED TO KEEP WITH THE MODEL CONSENSUS AND SURROUNDING OFFICE
COLLAB TO KEEP THE HEAVIER SNOW TO THE S. HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SLIGHTLY SLOW THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW BY ABOUT 3-6 HRS AS THE
MODELS HAVE COME IN WITH SLOWER DEPICTIONS THIS MRNG. BUT...HAVE
ALSO BEEN ABLE TO NUDGE POPS TO 80-90 PERCENT IN SWRN PORTIONS OF
THE COVERAGE AREA DUE TO HIGHER CONFIDENCE OF SNOWFALL OCCURRENCE
AND THE INCRG MODEL AGREEMENT. ANOTHER NOTE ABOUT THE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS...THE VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE WILL BE FOUND THRU A FAIRLY
DEEP LAYER OFF THE SFC...WHICH WOULD PROMOTE LARGER FLAKE SIZE
ALONG WITH LESSER PACKING...LEADING TO HIGHER SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS. WILL NEED TO SEE IF THIS IDEA CONTINUES BUT ATTM
THIS EVENT LOOKS TO BE A SOLID WINTER WX ADVY TYPE OF EVENT.
AS THIS SYSTEM DEPARTS DURG THE DAY ON TUE...ANOTHER FRIGID HIGH
PRES AIRMASS WILL DROP IN FROM CANADA. THIS ALSO WILL BE A 1050+
MB HIGH...GIVING A REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR TO WHAT IS
ALREADY RESIDENT ACRS THE CWFA. AFTER HAVING SUB-ZERO HIGH TEMPS
FOR SUNDAY...WEDNESDAY LOOKS TO ALSO FEATURE SUB-ZERO HIGH TEMPS.
AS FOR LOWS...THE ENTIRE WEEK WILL FEATURE SUB-ZERO LOWS...
GENERALLY BETWEEN THE -8 TO -18 RANGE FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA.
FACTORING IN WINDS...WIND CHILLS AROUND -25 WILL BE COMMON WITH
-35 VERY POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF WRN AND SRN MN FOR MON AND AGAIN
TUE NIGHT THRU WED NIGHT. THIS HIGH PRES AIRMASS WILL SHIFT OFF TO
THE SE THU...ALLOWING A RELATIVELY WARMER RETURN SLY FLOW TO
DEVELOP WHICH DOES LOOK TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES FOR THU-FRI. THAT
SAID...HIGHS STILL LOOK TO ONLY HIT THE UPR SINGLE DIGITS TO LWR
TEENS. ANOTHER CDFNT IS EXPECTED TO DROP THRU THE REGION THU NIGHT
INTO FRI...POSSIBLY BRINGING -SN TO THE REGION...BUT ALSO USHERING
YET ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR TO END THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 221 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
MVFR CEILINGS AND MVFR/IFR VIS IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND EARLY
TONIGHT ACROSS MANY OF THE TAFS...ESPECIALLY FARTHER EAST DUE TO
LIGHT SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY THIS EVENING. CLOUDS
WILL CLEAR LATER ON TONIGHT.
KMSP...
LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIER SNOW BAND WILL SET UP JUST EAST OF THE
AIRPORT THIS EVENING...BUT WE HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN A 2 TO 4
HOUR PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING AT THE AIRPORT...WITH A
DUSTING UP TO ABOUT 1" OF ACCUMULATION.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON...VFR. WINDS W AT 10G15KTS.
MON NGT...MVFR/SN LIKELY. 1-4+ INCH ACCUM POSSIBLE. WINDS SE 10
KTS BCMG N.
TUE...VFR. WINDS NW 15 KTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR MNZ076-077-084-085-093.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY
FOR MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-
091>093.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY
FOR MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR MNZ082-083-091-092.
WI...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY
FOR WIZ014>016-023>028.
&&
SHORT TERM...SPD
LONG TERM...JPC
AVIATION...CLFHazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 12:08 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1208 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 MNZ076-077-082>085-091>093-041815- LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- 1208 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY COLD AIR ARRIVES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING BACK INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A POTENTIAL QUICK HITTING WINTER STORM COULD BRING A PERIOD OF MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY MONDAY EVENING. SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF MONDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW THE STORM FOR MIDWEEK WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 30 TO 40 BELOW RANGE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>075-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-041815- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1208 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. VERY COLD AIR ARRIVES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING BACK INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A POTENTIAL QUICK HITTING WINTER STORM COULD BRING A PERIOD OF MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY MONDAY EVENING. SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF MONDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW THE STORM FOR MIDWEEK WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 30 TO 40 BELOW RANGE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:38 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 54 hr |
| 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 | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 11 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Watches in Minnesota, 2015Wind Chill Watches in Wisconsin, 2015Every wind chill watch 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.