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Winter Weather Advisory 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 28, 201517 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 28, 2015, 4:06 AM CST for 17 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2015, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 29, 2015, 11:16 AM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 28, 3:41 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 3:41 AM CST, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 4:06 AM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
291015-
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-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
406 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN PROGRESS INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH THE
EVENING COMMUTE LIKELY IMPACTED. SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH TONIGHT
OF 6 INCHES IS LIKELY FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES
TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES IS
LIKELY FROM FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA ON NORTHEAST THROUGH EAU
CLAIRE. SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE IN THE
2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA ON TUESDAY WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE HIGH
END SNOW AMOUNTS ON TUESDAY ARE MOST LIKELY FROM THE TWIN CITIES
ON NORTH AND WEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.