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Winter Weather Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 13, 2016, 2:52 AM CST for 19 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 13, 2016, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2016, 2:52 AM CST (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2016, 8:59 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. $$ BORGHOFF/DWE
5 follow-up statements
589 WWUS43 KMPX 131306 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 706 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHILE THIS OCCURS...SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE SNOW AND WIND MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ074>076-082>085-091>093-132200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160213T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 706 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-131415- /O.CAN.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 706 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073-132200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS 706 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ BORGHOFF
089 WWUS43 KMPX 131945 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 145 PM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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 THIS 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 WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-140345- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 145 PM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. 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. $$
016 WWUS43 KMPX 140239 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 839 PM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHILE THIS OCCURS...SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-141045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.160214T0300Z-160214T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 839 PM CST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
446 WWUS43 KMPX 140936 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 336 AM CST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON TODAY. SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHILE THIS OCCURS...SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-141745- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160214T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 336 AM CST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND NOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 OR 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. 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. $$
160 WWUS43 KMPX 141459 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 859 AM CST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING... .THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW CONTINUES TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-141600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160214T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 859 AM CST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION HAS ENDED WITH ONLY SOME LIGHT SNOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Feb 12, 10:27 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 10:27 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1027 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016
.UPDATE...FOR 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016
THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL SEE QUIET WEATHER AS A STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE AREA BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THE NIGHT...SETTING
THE STAGE FOR ONE OF THE COLDER NIGHTS OF THE WINTER ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION. THE CORE OF THE ARCTIC AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY OVER
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO AND WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES TOWARD THE NORTHEASTERN CONUS. SO...WE WILL MISS OUT ON
THE CORE OF THE AIR MASS...BUT WILL STILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THANKS TO THE HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING US WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS TONIGHT. HIGH CLOUDS WILL WORK
INTO WESTERN MN OVERNIGHT...SO TEMPS MAY BOTTOM OUT CLOSER TO 06-09Z
BEFORE LEVELING OFF.
FOR SATURDAY...WINDS WONT TURN SOUTHERLY UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY
ACROSS EASTERN MN AND WESTERN WI ESPECIALLY...AHEAD OF THE INCOMING
SYSTEM WHICH IS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN THE LONG TERM PORTION OF
THIS DISCUSSION. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO
LOWER TEENS...AND MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BUILD IN FROM WEST
TO EAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MN AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM AS
A STRONG SHORT WAVE OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS AND WAA HEAD OUR
WAY. THE ECMWF AND GFS DETERMINISTIC MODELS HANDLE THIS SYSTEM
WELL WITH REGARDS TO THE ONSET...DURATION AND PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...WE DID NOTICE A WESTWARD ADJUSTMENT TO THE MAX
QPF AXIS TODAY WHICH IS NOW MORE ACROSS THE MN RIVER VALLEY. IN
FACT...TIME LAGGED GFS BUFKIT DATA FOR KMSP SHOWS A DOWNWARD TREND
IN TOTAL SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST SIX RUNS.
THIS WESTWARD ADJUSTMENT WITH THE QPF IS NOT TOTALLY REFLECTED IN
OUR FORECAST TODAY SINCE THIS MAY BE MORE LIKE A PENDULUM OF A
CLOCK AND SWING BACK TO THE EAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THERE IS
ALSO CONCERN WITH THE ECMWF SHOWING MORE OF A NEGATIVELY TILTED
TROUGH AT H5 DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FA ON SUNDAY...WHICH MAY SKEW
THINGS A LITTLE TO THE EAST. COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM IS THE SNOW
RATIOS EXPECTED...WHICH THROUGH DIFFERENT METHODS ARE QUITE
DIFFERENT. HENCE...FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN MN
AND WESTERN WI MAY BE AN INCH OR TWO TOO HIGH.
FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING ON SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY EVENING ALONG WITH 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED
WINDS. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING WITH LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
SEEING 4 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPORARY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT. WE DEBATED ON ISSUING A
BLIZZARD WATCH...BUT SINCE THIS IS A WAA EVENT...THE MIXING LAYER
IS RATHER SHALLOW (1500 FEET) WITH TOP OF THE CHANNEL WINDS NEAR
30 MPH FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. A BLOWING SNOW MODEL THAT WE USE TO
EVALUATE BLIZZARD POTENTIAL INDICATED LOW PROBABILITIES. IF
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE A LITTLE HIGHER...MORE IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH
RANGE...THEN PROBABILITIES FOR A BLIZZARD START TO CLIMB. IN THE
END...WE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS DUE TO THE SNOW AND
BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. A CHECK OF THE CIPS ANALOGS SHOWED THAT THE
NUMBER ONE ANALOG (19800205) HAD 4 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES OF SNOW
FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO EASTERN
IOWA.
LOOKING PAST THE WEEKEND...YET ANOTHER STRONG SHORT WAVE IS
HEADED OUR WAY FROM THE NORTHWEST FOR TUESDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF
HAVE SIMILAR TIMING ON THIS FEATURE BUT ARE AT ODDS ON THE PATH.
THE GFS WOULD INDICATE ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON
NORTH AND EAST WHILE THE ECMWF WOULD HAVE THE SNOW MUCH FATHER
WEST AND SOUTH. AT THIS POINT...SMALL CHANCE POPS COVER THE AREA
BUT THIS COULD CERTAINLY CHANGE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
A WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORK
WEEK WITH HIGHS RISING INTO THE 30S. WITH THE INFLUX OF WARMER AIR
WILL COME THE CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN AND SNOW. NOTHING TOO
SIGNIFICANT AT THIS TIME WITH MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FORECAST
TO THE NORTH OF US.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1028 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING MID/HIGH CLOUDS ON
SATURDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN WESTERN SITES WILL
SEE LOWERING OF THE CLOUD DECK ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. KAXN/KRWF
WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SNOW AROUND OR A LITTLE AFTER 00Z SUNDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE
FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 25KTS DEVELOPING AT
KAXN/KRWF SATURDAY EVENING.
KMSP...
MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH MID/HIGH CLOUDS GRADUALLY INCREASING
SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS ON SATURDAY.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SUN...MVFR/IFR WITH -SN LIKELY. WIND SSE 15 KT.
MON...MVFR/VFR CIGS. WIND W 10 KT.
TUE...MVFR/VFR WITH -SN POSSIBLE. WIND NW 10 KT.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CST SATURDAY FOR WIZ014>016-
023>028.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CST SATURDAY FOR MNZ074>078-
082>085-091>093.
&&
SHORT TERM...SPD
LONG TERM...RAH
AVIATION...LSHazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 1:43 PM CST, 13 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 143 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 MNZ041>045-047>070-073-131045- 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- 143 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIND CHILLS MAY BRIEFLY FALL TO AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-131045- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- 143 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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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.