Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 4, 2015, 3:16 PM CST for Faribault County, Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 5, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2015, 9:27 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 7:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | St James, MN | |
| Jan 5, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Jan 5, 7:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Se Truman, MN | |
| Jan 5, 7:58 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Ceylon, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ023>026-028-050530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1600Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 316 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
6 follow-up statements
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
884 WWUS43 KMPX 052136 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 336 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A BAND OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS 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. MNZ082-091-092-060545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 336 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... 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 CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-073>077-083>085-093-060545- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 336 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
874 WWUS43 KMPX 060327 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 927 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW WAS COMING TO AN END FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BUT COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO RATHER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MID MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY FOR AN AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO FAIRMONT. MNZ082-091-061130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0327Z-150106T1600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 927 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM 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 TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW. * TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM. 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. && $$ MNZ092-060430- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0600Z/ FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLUE EARTH 927 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ054-064-065-073-074-061130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0327Z-150106T1600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 927 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW. * TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM 3 AM AND 9 AM. 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. && $$ MNZ067-075>077-083>085-093-060430- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0600Z/ SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 927 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-055-056-061130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0327Z-150106T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO 927 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...GENERALLY FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW. * TIMING...THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 6:27 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 7 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 23 days |
| Jan 4, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more | 26 hr |
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