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Wind Chill Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 14, 2016, 4:05 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 14, 2016, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2016, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 9:00 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 10:05 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 00:00Z, 10.1 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
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
716 WWUS43 KMPX 141005 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 405 AM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALONG WITH 5 TO 10 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF NEAR 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL OVERSREAD THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE RISK FOR SEEING 6 OR MORE INCHES IS GREATEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BENSON...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN PLACE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-141815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ 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...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 405 AM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. DURING THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-141815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY 405 AM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
4 follow-up statements
442 WWUS43 KMPX 141811 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1211 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALONG WITH 5 TO 10 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF NEAR 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE RISK FOR SEEING 6 OR MORE INCHES IS GREATEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BENSON...TO CAMBRIDGE... TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN PLACE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-150215- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ 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...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 1211 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. DURING THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-150215- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY 1211 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
571 WWUS43 KMPX 142144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... ...ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALONG WITH 5 TO 10 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF NEAR 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE RISK OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS GREATEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BENSON...TO CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN PLACE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-150600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ 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...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 344 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. * SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON FRIDAY AND NOON SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 11 AM SATURDAY. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. THE COLD WIND CHILLS COULD 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-150600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY 344 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 3 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JLT
604 WWUS43 KMPX 150252 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 852 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING - THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED NORTHWARD SLIGHTLY... .TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALONG WITH 5 TO 10 MPH WINDS TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE RISK OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS GREATEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO MORA MINNESOTA WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ044-045-048>050-151100- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST CLOUD...FOLEY 852 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-151100- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ 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...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 852 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>043-047-151100- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 852 PM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 3 AM THURSDAY. * 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
906 WWUS43 KMPX 150937 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 337 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING... ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING - THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IN MANY LOCATIONS... .TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALONG WITH 5 TO 10 MPH WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO LITCHFIELD...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE WILL LIKELY SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW. BLOWING SNOW AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE SNOW THIS WEEKEND. MNZ054-056>070-073>078-082>085-WIZ023>028-151745- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161215T1500Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-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-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...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...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 337 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...IT HAS BEEN REPALCED WITH THE WARNING. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>053-055-091>093-WIZ014>016-151745- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161215T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- SWIFT-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH 337 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND NOW. * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>043-047-151500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161215T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 337 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 35 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.