Highs below zero, extreme wind chills across Minnesota Monday
Extreme cold warnings are in effect across northern Minnesota through noon on Tuesday, while the rest of the state is under cold weather advisories for the same time frame.
Warnings in Minnesota for blizzard, snow squalls, high wind and extreme cold
Blizzard warning: Kittson County, the northwestern-most county in Minnesota, is under a blizzard warning until 9 p.m. Friday. There's not a lot of snow falling, but winds are gusting up to 60 mph and causing dangerous travel conditions.
Extreme Cold Warning Issued as Temperatures Could Drop Below Zero
The NWS extreme cold warning for Duluth said: "The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes."
Extreme cold warning issued for northern Minnesota
Residents in northern Minnesota can expect extremely cold temperatures over the weekend and into Tuesday as wind chills dip down as low as 55 degrees below zero.
Here are the coldest wind chills in Minnesota — and worse is coming
It has to reach an air temp or wind chill of -35 to generate an extreme cold warning in the Twin Cities. In greater Minnesota, the criteria for an extreme cold warning is -40 (air temp or wind chill). The map below shows potential wind chill values at 7 p.m. Monday.
'Extreme Cold' Weather Warnings, Watches for 18 States
Extreme cold watches issued by NWS meteorologists are currently in place in parts of Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. Extreme cold warnings are in place in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Extreme cold warning continues until noon Tuesday for Wisconsin, advisory follows
Officially, the temperature in Madison was 11 below at 5:53 a.m. and the high Tuesday was expected to reach only 2.
All of Wisconsin is under an Extreme Cold Warning today due to -30 degree wind chills
The Extreme Cold Warning is in effect until noon. Wind chills will remain below zero until Wednesday afternoon.
Update: Extreme cold warning issued for Iowa Tuesday midday
On Tuesday at 11:08 a.m. an updated extreme cold warning was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until noon. The warning is for Mason City and Waterloo-Cedar Falls
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