Special Weather Statement
Status
Issued ExpiredStart Time
Sat 12/20/2025 09:54 AM ESTEnd Time
Sat 12/20/2025 12:00 PM ESTImpacts
Informational
Locations Affected
Minneapolis, MN ∙ Saint Paul, MN ∙ Bloomington, MN ∙ Plymouth, MN ∙ Brooklyn Park, MN ∙ Eagan, MN ∙ Blaine, MN ∙ Maple Grove, MN ∙ Saint Cloud, MN ∙ Eden Prairie, MNFull Alert Message
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 854 AM CST Sat Dec 20 2025 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS... Observations across central Minnesota reveal isolated wind gusts between 40-45 mph following this morning's frontal passage. We anticipate that the persistence of the strongest gusts should be a shorter, more near term concern. However, gusts between 30-40 mph will remain possible through the afternoon as the forecast area sits within a region of strong cold air advection. In addition, instances of blowing snow have been reported across central MN as a result of fresh powder from last nights light snow event. Slick travel conditions are also possible. The strong winds are ushering in colder temperatures and will support gradually falling temperatures for the remainder of the day. Wind chills are currently double digits below zero at AXN & STC... a trend that is forecast to continue southeast as winds remain elevated today.
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MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 201700- Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk- St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Rice Lake, Ladysmith, Hudson, River Falls, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire 854 AM CST Sat Dec 20 2025
