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486030

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Event typeevent_typeExtreme Cold/Wind Chill
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id486,030
Episode IDepisode_id81,103
Begin UTCbegin_utc2014-01-27T06:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2014-01-27T18:00:00+00:00
StatestateMINNESOTA
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameMEEKER
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceAWOS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAfter another Upper Midwest Blizzard, temperatures dropped into the teens below zero or lower, with winds averaging 10 to 20 mph from the northwest. This created wind chill values of 35 below zero for a long period from early Monday January 27th, to Tuesday, January 28th. ||Although there was a period where wind chill values rose above 35 below zero during the day of Monday, January, 27th, these values once again dropped to dangerous readings of 35 below zero by the evening. ||Schools were closed once again across the state, with many businesses and recreational actives cancelled.||Due to the prolonged cold period, propane supplies in the North Central and Great Lakes States dropped to very low levels. The sustained subzero temperatures had |sped up the consumption of this energy and on hand stocks were dangerously low. Governor Mark Dayton issued Emergency Executive Order on January 27, declaring a Peacetime State of Emergency in Minnesota in response to a severe shortage of propane and other home heating fuel supplies statewide.||Some of the lowest wind chill values include;||-48 degrees at Glenwood. |-47 degrees at Sauk Centre. |-46 degrees at Long Prairie.|-44 degrees at Alexandria.|-44 degrees at Lakeville. |-43 degrees at Morris.|-43 degrees at Owatonna. |-43 degrees at St. Cloud.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeWind chill values dropped below -35 degrees across the county and last for numerous hours.
Yearyear2,014

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