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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 3, 2015, 12:13 PM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 7 hr. 9 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
- Feb 3, 2015, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | St Peter, MN | |
| Feb 3, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Feb 3, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Owatonna, MN | 5.5 INCHES FELL IN ONLY ONE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES. |
| Feb 3, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Feb 3, 2:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Le Sueur, MN | |
| Feb 3, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | St Peter, MN | |
| Feb 3, 2:25 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Gibbon, MN | |
| Feb 3, 3:36 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Danube, MN | |
| Feb 3, 5:15 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Sw Renville, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206 WWUS43 KMPX 031813 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1213 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...A QUICK BURST OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO IMPACT THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES FROM MONTEVIDEO THROUGH JUST NORTH OF MANKATO TO FARIBAULT. A HEAVY SNOW BAND ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY HAS PRODUCED REPORTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON NEAR MONTEVIDEO. AMOUNTS WILL BE CLOSER TO 1 TO 4 INCHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND. MNZ076-077-085-040100- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.150203T1813Z-150204T0100Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...OWATONNA 1213 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 7 INCHES. HOURLY RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ065-067-075-032100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.150203T1813Z-150203T2100Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...ST. PETER 1213 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 7 INCHES. HOURLY RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>059-064-066-073-074-032100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150203T2100Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 1213 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXACERBATE THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ060>063-068-083-WIZ023-025-040100- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-BLUE EARTH-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...MANKATO...HUDSON...MENOMONIE 1213 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXACERBATE THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-070-078-084-093-WIZ024-026-028-040100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-WASECA-FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...RED WING... WASECA...ALBERT LEA...PRESCOTT...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE 1213 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXACERBATE THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
833 WWUS43 KMPX 032058 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 258 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...A QUICK BURST OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO IMPACT THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BUT ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED. THE HEAVIEST TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS FROM MONTEVIDEO THROUGH JUST NORTH OF MANKATO TO FARIBAULT. A HEAVY SNOW BAND ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY HAS PRODUCED REPORTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON NEAR MONTEVIDEO. AMOUNTS WILL BE CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND. MNZ065-067-075-040100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...ST. PETER 258 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 7 INCHES. HOURLY RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ076-077-085-040100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...OWATONNA 258 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 7 INCHES. HOURLY RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>059-064-066-073-074-040100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 258 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXACERBATE THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ060>063-068>070-078-083-084-093-WIZ023>026-028-040100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...RED WING...MANKATO... WASECA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... EAU CLAIRE 258 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...HIGH SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXACERBATE THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
476 WWUS43 KMPX 040100 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 700 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...SNOW IS DIMINISHING... .SNOW COVERED ROADS REMAIN THIS EVENING...BUT THE SNOW HAS ALMOST ENDED AND ADDITIONAL IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED. MNZ065-067-075>077-085-040200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...OWATONNA 700 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>064-066-068>070-073-074-078-083-084-093- WIZ023>026-028-040200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150204T0100Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-FREEBORN-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...GRANITE FALLS...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...RED WING...MANKATO... WASECA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... EAU CLAIRE 700 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 22 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.