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Wind Chill Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 18, 2016, 11:23 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2016, 11:23 AM CST (17:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
780 WWUS43 KMPX 181723 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1123 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SLOWLY IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON... .AVERAGE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW -35F WILL END BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE IN THE -10F TO -35F RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIZ015-016-025>028-190130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.161218T1800Z-161219T0600Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1123 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT MONDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ014-023-024-190130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.161218T1800Z-161219T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT 1123 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT MONDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-181830- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... 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 1123 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 40 BELOW ZERO UNTIL NOON. * THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AND EVEN HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ JLT
4 follow-up statements
913 WWUS43 KMPX 181755 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1155 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SLOWLY IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON... .AVERAGE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW -35F WILL END BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE IN THE -10F TO -35F RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIZ014-023-024-190200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.161218T1800Z-161219T0600Z/ POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT 1155 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT MONDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-182100- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.161218T1800Z-161218T2100Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... 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 1155 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND NOON. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ015-016-025>028-190200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.161218T1800Z-161219T0600Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1155 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT MONDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JLT
176 WWUS43 KMPX 181803 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1203 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SLOWLY IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON... .AVERAGE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW -35F WILL END BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE IN THE -10F TO -35F RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIZ014-023-024-190215- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161219T0600Z/ POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT 1203 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-182100- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1203 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND NOW. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ015-016-025>028-190215- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161219T0600Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1203 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
484 WWUS43 KMPX 182057 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO PERSIST IN WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING... .WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES RISE OVERNIGHT. IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASE TO RAISE WIND CHILL VALUES GREATER THAN 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. REGARDLESS...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE STILL DANGEROUSLY COLD AND PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-182200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T2100Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... 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 257 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NEVERTHELESS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY INTO TONIGHT SO PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKE TO AVOID FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-190600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161219T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 257 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
262 WWUS43 KMPX 190130 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 730 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO PERSIST IN WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES RISE OVERNIGHT. DRESS APPROPRIATELY TO AVOID FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. WIZ014>016-023>028-190600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161219T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 730 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 3:34 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 16 days |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.