Alert archive / Minnesota / Ice Storm Warnings in 2016
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this ice storm warning at Dec 24, 2016, 3:43 AM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2016, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
865 WWUS43 KMPX 240943 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 343 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES SUNDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE DEVELOPING TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF MORRIS TO ST CLOUD MINNESOTA WHERE AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S. MNZ041>043-047>049-241800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.161225T1200Z-161226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.IS.W.0001.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD 343 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN MID SUNDAY MORNING INTO LATE AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW OR SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1/4 INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ044-050-241800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.161225T1200Z-161226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T1500Z-161225T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...FOLEY 343 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW OR SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-241800- /O.NEW.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T1200Z-161225T2100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 343 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-241800- /O.NEW.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T1500Z-161225T2100Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 343 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
5 follow-up statements
862 WWUS43 KMPX 241738 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1138 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES SUNDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE DEVELOPING TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF MORRIS TO ST CLOUD MINNESOTA WHERE AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S. MNZ041>043-047>049-250300- /O.CON.KMPX.IS.W.0001.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD 1138 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN BY AROUND NOON SUNDAY INTO LATE AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW OR SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1/4 INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-250300- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T1200Z-161225T2100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1138 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 250300- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T1500Z-161225T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 1138 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN BY AROUND NOON SUNDAY INTO MID AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
968 WWUS43 KMPX 250405 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1005 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES SUNDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE DEVELOPING TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF MORRIS TO ST CLOUD MINNESOTA WHERE AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S. MNZ041>043-047>049-251215- /O.CON.KMPX.IS.W.0001.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD 1005 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN BY AROUND NOON SUNDAY INTO LATE AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW OR SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1/4 INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-251215- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T1200Z-161225T2100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1005 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 251215- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T1500Z-161225T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 1005 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN BY AROUND NOON SUNDAY INTO MID AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
968 WWUS43 KMPX 250807 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 207 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING AND IS RESULTING IN SPIN OUTS. A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE SUBSTANTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF MORRIS TO ST CLOUD MINNESOTA WHERE AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S. MNZ041>043-047>049-251615- /O.EXB.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T0807Z-161225T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.IS.W.0001.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD 207 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN ROUND MOVES IN. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1/4 INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 251615- /O.EXT.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.161225T0807Z-161225T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 207 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL BECOME STEADIER BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN ROUND MOVES IN. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
764 WWUS43 KMPX 251441 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 841 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. UNTREATED WALKWAYS AND ROADS ARE QUITE SLIPPERY. A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE SUBSTANTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF A MORRIS TO ST CLOUD MINNESOTA LINE WHERE AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH COMMON. ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. THE ICING WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF RAIN OCCURRING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL TRANSITION TO DRIZZLE DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WITH SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THESE AREAS WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 40S THIS EVENING. MNZ041>043-047>049-252245- /O.CON.KMPX.IS.W.0001.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161225T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD 841 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL BECOME A STEADIER FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN ROUND MOVES IN. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1/4 INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 252100- /O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161225T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 841 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
037 WWUS43 KMPX 252048 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 248 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING... .WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALONG HIGHWAY 8. UNTREATED WALKWAYS AND ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF A MORRIS TO ST CLOUD MINNESOTA LINE WHERE AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FARTHER EAST WILL BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH COMMON. ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES THIS EVENING. THE ICING WILL COME TO AN END EARLY TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF RAIN OCCURRING. MNZ054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-252200- /O.EXP.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161225T2100Z/ 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- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 248 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK WITH JUST RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ MNZ041>043-047>049-260000- /O.CON.KMPX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD 248 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A STEADY FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN DURING THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1/4 INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...ICING ON POWER LINES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-WIZ014>016-260000- /O.EXT.KMPX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH 248 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING THEN TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN DURING THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN 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 24, 3:23 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:43 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 38 hr |
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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.