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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 27, 202626 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 27, 2026, 2:49 AM CST for 26 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 28, 2026, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2026, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2026, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 28, 2026, 4:55 PM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 28 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 396 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2026-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2026-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.