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Next Polar Plunge Could Be Winter's Coldest...

Energy emergency...


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Wind Chill Warning for Benton, MN

from 12 am CST, Mon., Jan. 27, 2014 until 12 pm CST, Tue., Jan. 28, 2014

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Updated 26 Jan 2014 11:45 pm Local Time




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Issued by The National Weather Service
Minneapolis, MN
6:43 pm CST, Sun., Jan. 26, 2014

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ... WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING... CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED... MAINLY EARLY THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NO NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

* WIND CHILLS: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO BY EVENING... AND INTO A RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...

... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY...

.THE BLIZZARD WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO FARIBAULT. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

AND COMBINE WITH THE 1 TO 4 INCHES OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW... TO RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA... WITH MORE SPORADIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE EAST IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE TONIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE... BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO MONDAY.

IN ADDITION... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FALL BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING... BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW BY DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

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