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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 14, 2016, 4:05 AM CST for 38 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2016, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 3:25 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 47 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, 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, 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, Swift 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), 8 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 6 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-141815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.161215T0300Z-161215T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY 405 AM CST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 6 AM THURSDAY. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
7 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. && $$ MNZ041>043-047-151500- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161215T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 337 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
116 WWUS43 KMPX 151554 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 954 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .BANDS OF 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. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN STORM WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH BEFORE MORE SNOW DEVELOPS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ054-056>070-073>078-082>085-WIZ023>028-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ 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 954 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM SATURDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM FRIDAY AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. * 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. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON FRIDAY AND 6 PM SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 PM SATURDAY. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>053-055-091>093-WIZ014>016-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- SWIFT-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH 954 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON FRIDAY AND NOON SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 11 AM SATURDAY. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE COLD WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JLT
710 WWUS43 KMPX 151747 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1147 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .BANDS OF 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. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN STORM WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH BEFORE MORE SNOW DEVELOPS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ055-091>093-160200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0006.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ SWIFT-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1147 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...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 HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. * 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. THE COLD WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-056>070-073>078-082>085-WIZ023>028-160200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1147 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM SATURDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM FRIDAY AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON FRIDAY AND 6 PM SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 PM SATURDAY. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>053-WIZ014>016-160200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH 1147 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * SNOW IS POSSIBLE 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. THE BEST CHANCE OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. * 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. THE COLD WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
037 WWUS43 KMPX 152125 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 325 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .BANDS OF 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. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN STORM WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE MORE SNOW DEVELOPS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-160530- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ 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 325 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM SATURDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM FRIDAY AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. * 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. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON FRIDAY AND 6 PM SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 5 PM SATURDAY. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>053-WIZ014>016-160530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH 325 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 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. THE BEST CHANCE OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. * 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. THE COLD WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. * TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>043-047-160530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 325 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SOME REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOON FRIDAY AND NOON SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 11 AM SATURDAY. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE COLD WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. * TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 13, 11:00 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 11:00 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1100 PM CST Tue Dec 13 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday) Issued at 357 PM CST Tue Dec 13 2016 A few clouds and associated scattered snow showers with them, had developed across central Minnesota early this afternoon. The best lift and moisture depth will remain across northern Minnesota this evening, but there could be a few flurries/snow showers developing later tonight along an arctic front. This front will move across the area and shift winds to the northwest by morning, along with gusty winds by mid/late morning. Ahead of this front, temperatures may only drop a few degrees from today's high as southwest winds remain strong. Wednesday afternoon temperatures may hold nearly steady or fall a few degrees as stronger cold air advection develops. Although blowing/drifting snow is a possibility, old snow cover /greater than 2 days/ and no new snow expected, widespread blowing snow and reduced visibilities is not likely. But, there will be drifting snow over the roads as winds increase from the northwest by noon. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Tuesday) Issued at 357 PM CST Tue Dec 13 2016 Wednesday night will bring a reinforcing shot of cold air to the region from the north with overnight lows of generally 10 to 15 degrees below zero except in the metro where temepratures will be in the 5 below to 10 below range. Winds will be decreasing through the night and cloud cover should be minimal through the night, so feel confident that overnight lows will be at least this cold. Before the winds do diminish, the combination of the winds and cold temperatures will lead to dangerously low wind chills in the -20 to - 30 range across the area. For Thursday, the guidance continues to indicate the chance for snow to begin falling in southwestern MN at late in the day as the broad warm advection band lifts northeast. The guidance is less excited about this band than yesterday however, so continued what the previous shift had indicated with likely light snow in western MN, but that band could diminish as it moves east into drier air. Thursday night doesn't look all that exciting. The WAA band will be done and only produce less than an inch in western MN, then the night will see a lull before the main system still well to our west gets its act together on Friday. The main difference for Friday is to slow the system down a little, with the peak intensity of snow coming from Friday afternoon through Friday night. The ECMWF held with a similar solution to last nights run which brings widespread accumulating snow to the area. The GFS has slightly lower QPF totals with this system initially, but has a second round of precip later in the day Saturday to move through far southern MN and west central WI, grazing the rest of eastern MN. At this point, the system has good potential to produce greater than 6" of snow through portions of southern MN and into western Wisconsin. Exactly where could depend on the strongest mesoscale banding from F-gen and it's difficult to nail that down this far out. But if the Sirs are high enough, we could see widespread 6" amounts. An analysis of the model soundings indicate the SLRs could be quite high once again. The dendritic growth zone looks very deep across most of the forecast area through the peak of the event. Far southern MN and northern Iowa should see lower ratios with slightly warmer air moving in as the low passes to our south. Very little change to the arctic air intrusion for Saturday night and with fresh snow on the ground, widespread -10s and -20s are expected. Highs on Sunday should remain below zero. Early next week, a strong zonal jet noses its way into North America which will effectively cut off the arctic air flow from the north and bring warmer temperatures to the region, possibly near normal for this time of year. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Wednesday night) Issued at 1100 PM CST Tue Dec 13 2016 VFR conditions in place just about everywhere with the lone exception near KAXN earlier this evening as a brief snow shower passed. Mostly clear skies will continue tonight, but following the passage of another cold front mixing will increase Wednesday and stratocu may develop given the high RH in the lower levels (particularly as mixing sharpens the RH at the top of the channel.) Could see some MVFR cigs if those do develop, but for now kept bases just into the VFR category. KMSP...Gusts will continue occasionally tonight, then increase after about 16Z Wednesday. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ Thu...VFR. Wind W 5 kts becoming S. Fri...IFR or lower likely in snow. LIFR and +SN possible late. Wind SE 5-10 kt becoming NE. Sat...IFR or lower likely in snow. BLSN possible. Wind NW 10-15G20-25 kts. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. MN...None. && SHORT TERM...JLT LONG TERM...SPD AVIATION...BORGHOFF
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 12:13 PM CST, 15 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1213 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2016 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 141815- 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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1213 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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 | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 29 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.