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| Message: | NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-MN20100125194200MPXBlizzardWarningMPX20100126060000MN from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov |
| Sent: | 13:42 CST on 01-25-2010 |
| Effective: | 13:42 CST on 01-25-2010 |
| Expires: | 00:00 CST on 01-26-2010 |
| Event: | Blizzard Warning |
| Alert: | ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER CANADA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL ALONG WITH SOME LOOSEN FALLEN SNOW TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WERE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN FEW HUNDRED FEET IN RURAL AND OPEN COUNTRY IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SEVERAL ROADS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA WERE EITHER CLOSED OR TRAVEL WAS NOT RECOMMENDED...UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS. |
| Instructions: | 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. |
| Target Area: | Douglas Stevens Pope 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 |
x37-facts.pdf, NASA Facts (May 2003)
x37-historical.pdf, NASA Facts (September 2003)
