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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Nov 16, 2016, 3:25 AM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 18, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2016, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2016, 3:44 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
980 WWUS43 KMPX 160925 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 325 AM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON COULD BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO WESTERN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND GRANITE FALLS TO WILLMAR AND LITTLE FALLS. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY FRIDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER PULLS AWAY. GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HIGHEST SOUTH OF I-94 WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF GRANITE FALLS TO GLENWOOD AND ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT A BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS AND THUS THE THREAT OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IS LOWER. THAT INCLUDES THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...LONG PRAIRIE...AND LITTLE FALLS. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-161815- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 325 AM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING BOTH COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ042-043-049-050-057-058-065-073-161815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 325 AM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ BORGHOFF/JRB
3 follow-up statements
232 WWUS43 KMPX 161908 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 108 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON COULD BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO WESTERN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND GRANITE FALLS TO WILLMAR AND LITTLE FALLS. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY FRIDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER PULLS AWAY. GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HIGHEST SOUTH OF I-94 WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF GRANITE FALLS TO GLENWOOD AND ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT A BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS AND THUS THE THREAT OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IS LOWER. THAT INCLUDES THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...LONG PRAIRIE... AND LITTLE FALLS. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-170300- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 108 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING BOTH COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ042-043-049-050-057-058-065-073-170300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 108 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
910 WWUS43 KMPX 162107 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM AIMING TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY MORNING... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND GRANITE FALLS TO LONG PRAIRIE. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE BLIZZARD WATCH AREA. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF GRANITE FALLS TO GLENWOOD AND ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT A BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS AND THUS THE THREAT OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IS LOWER. THAT INCLUDES THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...LONG PRAIRIE... AND LITTLE FALLS. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-170530- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 307 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BUT SNOW DRIFTS COULD EXCEED TWO TO THREE FEET IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ042-043-049-050-057-058-065-073-170530- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 307 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JLT
872 WWUS43 KMPX 170944 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM AIMING TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING - BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON CONTINUES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE...ANY SLIGHT DEVIATION IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FORECAST CHANGES NEAR THE TIGHT GRADIENT. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO WILLMAR AND ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG...AND INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...AND LONG PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-171900- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM FRIDAY...THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ057-065-073-171900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM FRIDAY...THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042-043-049-050-058-171900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES AND LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...INCLUDING DURING BOTH COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-171900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AND 10 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>077-082>084-091-171900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. IF MORE SNOW FALLS THAN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:25 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 24 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.