URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...A PERIOD OF SNOW FOR MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO HUTCHINSON TO ALBERT LEA. PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THIS EXPECTED SNOWFALL... AND IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO NEW RICHMOND TO MENOMONIE... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THIS ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS WHERE THE BLIZZARD WARNING DOES TAKE EFFECT... GIVEN THE EXPECTATION FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA... WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE... BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SUNDAY MORNING... FALLING FROM AN EARLY HIGH IN THE TEENS AND 20S TO READINGS BELOW ZERO OVER MOST AREAS BY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN DROP INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 TO 60 BELOW ZERO BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-261000- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.A.0001.140127T0300Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.140126T1500Z-140127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140126T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 703 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING... THEN PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MINIMAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER... BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 60 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. 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. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:17:05 +0000
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