Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 25, 2015, 3:16 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr. 14 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
- Dec 25, 2015, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 2:24 PM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 6.2 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Dec 26, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 5 N Willmar, MN | |
| Dec 26, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 6 Nne Willmar, MN | |
| Dec 26, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Dec 26, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 9 Nne Bird Island, MN | |
| Dec 26, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 Nw Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Dec 26, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Sse Benson, MN | |
| Dec 26, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Benson, MN | |
| Dec 26, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Willmar, MN | |
| Dec 26, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Dec 26, 10:17 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Madison, MN | |
| Dec 26, 10:17 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Canby, MN | |
| Dec 26, 10:18 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Olivia, MN | |
| Dec 26, 11:44 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Vesta, 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 150 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
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
146 WWUS43 KMPX 252116 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ST. PETER TO WILLMAR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ALSO FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ST. CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR EAU CLAIRE...A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAKING FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-260530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.151226T0600Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.151226T0300Z-151227T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 316 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING 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. && $$ MNZ067-074-075-082-083-091-092-260530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.151226T0300Z-151227T0000Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 316 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF MANKATO. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NEAR FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-058>063-066-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-260530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.151226T0600Z-151227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 316 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NEAR ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-260530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.151226T0900Z-151227T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 316 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF EAU CLAIRE. FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW NEAR EAU CLAIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ADL
4 follow-up statements
608 WWUS43 KMPX 260815 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 215 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH TODAY. THE WARNING IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ST. PETER TO WILLMAR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUED EARLY THIS MORNING FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD GRADUALLY NORTHWARD THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ST. CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR EAU CLAIRE...LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR... WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND A MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAKING FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-261615- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 215 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING 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. && $$ MNZ067-074-075-082-083-091-092-261615- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 215 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF MANKATO. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NEAR FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-058>063-066-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-261615- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 215 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NEAR ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-261615- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.151226T0900Z-151227T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 215 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF EAU CLAIRE. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW NEAR EAU CLAIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
151 WWUS43 KMPX 261233 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 633 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ST. PETER TO WILLMAR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUED TO SHIFT SLOWLY NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE MAIN BAND OF SNOW FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH ST CLOUD AND CAMBRIDGE TO FREDERICK WISCONSIN. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL HOLD OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE. ELSEWHERE...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAKING FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-262045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 633 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING 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. && $$ MNZ067-074-075-082-083-091-092-262045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 633 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF MANKATO. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NEAR FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-058>063-066-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-262045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 633 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NEAR ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-262045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 633 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF EAU CLAIRE. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW NEAR EAU CLAIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
230 WWUS43 KMPX 261848 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...SNOW DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ST. PETER TO WILLMAR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE AREA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT...HASTINGS AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 6 PM. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE AN INCH OR TWO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAKING FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ078-085-092-093-WIZ026-028-262000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ054>057-064-065-073-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. * TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ067-074-075-082-083-091-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-058>063-066-068>070-076-077-084-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...WASECA 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>025-027-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
030 WWUS43 KMPX 262024 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 224 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...SNOW ENDING... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT KANABEC COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS WELL. THE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KANABEC COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-262130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 224 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ041>044-047>053-058>063-066>070-074>077-082>084-091-WIZ014>016- 023>025-027-262130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS 224 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ045-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORA 224 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Swift and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 29 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2015Every winter storm warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.