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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Feb 12, 2016, 2:53 PM CST for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 13, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2016, 2:53 PM CST (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2016, 2:52 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
822 WWUS43 KMPX 122053 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 253 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... ...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON TO MANKATO TO KEISTER. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE THIS OCCURS...SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE FALLING SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. MNZ074-075-082-083-091-092-130500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0002.160214T0000Z-160214T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.160213T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 253 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND 7 AM SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-130500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.160213T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 253 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND 7 AM SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073-130500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0002.160214T0000Z-160214T1500Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 253 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ RAH/SPD
2 follow-up statements
559 WWUS43 KMPX 130357 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 957 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... ...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER STORM REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON TO MANKATO TO KIESTER. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE THIS OCCURS...SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE FALLING SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. MNZ074-075-082-083-091-092-131200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.160214T0000Z-160214T1500Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 957 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-131200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 957 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SATURDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. * 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 GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073-131200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.160214T0000Z-160214T1500Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 957 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
083 WWUS43 KMPX 130852 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 252 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING... ...SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHILE THIS OCCURS...SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE SNOW AND WIND MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ074-075-082-083-091-092-131700- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.160214T0000Z-160214T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 252 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOW AND 7 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 AM THIS MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073-131700- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.160214T0000Z-160214T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 252 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ076-084-085-093-131700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA 252 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOW AND 7 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM THIS MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ047-057-067-131700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ STEVENS-KANDIYOHI-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...WILLMAR...GAYLORD 252 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-131400- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OSCEOLA... RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 252 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOW AND 7 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 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 GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ BORGHOFF/DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 3:22 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more | 28 hr |
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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.