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Winter Weather Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 18, 20195 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 18, 2019, 4:32 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 18, 2019, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2019, 4:32 AM CST (10:32 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 18, 2019, 9:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Renville County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jan 18, 3:26 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 3:26 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 3:32 AM CST, 1 hour before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
332 AM CST Fri Jan 18 2019

MNZ054>058-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-190945-
Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-
Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-
Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-
Faribault-Freeborn-
332 AM CST Fri Jan 18 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Minnesota...east central Minnesota...south central Minnesota...
southeast Minnesota...southwest Minnesota and west central
Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Snow will spread across the region.

Winter storm warnings and advisories are in effect for parts of
southwest and south central Minnesota.

The heaviest snow will be along I-90.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Wind chills around 10 to 25 below zero are possible Saturday and
Sunday morning.

Light snow is likely Monday into Tuesday with some accumulation
possible.

Blowing snow is possible in western Minnesota Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-190945-
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-
Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-
Washington-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa-
Eau Claire-
332 AM CST Fri Jan 18 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Minnesota...east central Minnesota...west central Minnesota...
northwest Wisconsin and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Wind Chill values of 10 to 25 below zero are expected late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Wind chills around 10 to 25 below zero are possible Saturday and
Sunday morning.

Light snow is likely Monday into Tuesday with some accumulation
possible.

Blowing snow is possible in western Minnesota Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 3:11 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPXBenton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 12 more20 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2019Every winter weather advisory in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.