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NWS Issues Wind Chill Warning For Central, Southern Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill warning for much of central and southern Minnesota.

According to the NWS, wind chills will drop to 35-45 below zero overnight Saturday and remain there into Sunday morning.

The wind chill warning goes into effect at 6 p.m. Saturday and lasts until noon Sunday.

Wind chills this frigid can cause frostbite in 10 minutes, the NWS said, so bundle up.

The warning affects the following counties:

  • Anoka
  • Benton
  • Blue Earth
  • Brown
  • Carver
  • Chisago
  • Dakota
  • Faribault
  • Freeborn
  • Goodhue
  • Hennepin
  • Isanti
  • Kanabec
  • Le Sueur
  • Martin
  • McLeod
  • Mille Lacs
  • Morrison
  • Nicollet
  • Ramsey
  • Rice
  • Scott
  • Sherburne
  • Sibley
  • Steele
  • Waseca
  • Washington
  • Watonwan
  • Wright
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