Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Duluth, MN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
230 PM CST SAT APR 5 1997

LOTS OF WEATHER TO AFFECT CWA OVERNIGHT. WENT WITH ETA FOR DETAILS.

VORT MAX TO SWING UP THROUGH CWA OVERNIGHT AND ACT ON LARGE AMOUNTS
OF MOISTURE IN PLACE. SFC DEWPOINTS IN MID 40S TO MID 50S ACROSS CWA.
MODEL QPF AND NCEP HAS BEST ACCUMULATIONS THOUGH MY WESTERN CWA AND
POINTS WEST. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR BOTH INDICATE SOME
IMBEDDED CONVECTION IS RAIN MASS. NGM PROGGED 0 TO MINUS 4 LIFTED
INDEX THROUGH NW WI AND SOUTHERN MN CWA SO SOME THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

WITH THIS MONSTER STORM COLD AIR WILL GET WRAPPED INTO SYSTEM AROUND
MIDNIGHT IN NORTHWEST CWA. LOOKING AT N-TRANS SOUNDINGS...SOME
FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE AROUND MIDNIGHT BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL
SNOW BETWEEN 1 AND 3 AM. SOME FREEZING PRECIPITATION ALSO POSSIBLE
IN BRAINERD AREA. CHARTS POINT TOWARD ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES
OF SNOW POSSIBLE FAR NORTHWEST BUT A RAIN AND SNOW MIX  TO START SHOULD
KEEP THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM OCCURRING.

COORD WITH MSP..GRB..MKX ON HEADLINES.

MELDE

MNZ010-018-060845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1041 PM CST SAT APR 5 1997

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

THE RAIN WHICH CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL
EVENTUALLY BECOME A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR A
FEW HOURS TOWARD DAWN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. A COUPLE OF
AREAS WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION ARE
KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN ITASCA COUNTIES. AS A RESULT...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR
THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIG
FALLS...NORTHHOME...BIG FORK AND MARCELL.

THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. BY EVENING...3 TO
6 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD HAVE FALLEN. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH DURING THE
MORNING...RESULTING IN LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLICK ROADS ON SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...CAUSING ANY LINGERING WATER FROM EARLIER
SHOWERS TO FREEZE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.

PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY IN OR NEAR
THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING
ROAD CONDITIONS. ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER ON ROADS CAUSED BY
RIVERS AND STREAMS CREEPING OVER THEIR BANKS.

TAP

MNZ010-018-060845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1041 PM CST SAT APR 5 1997

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

THE RAIN WHICH CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL
EVENTUALLY BECOME A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR A
FEW HOURS TOWARD DAWN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. A COUPLE OF
AREAS WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION ARE
KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN ITASCA COUNTIES. AS A RESULT...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR
THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIG
FALLS...NORTHHOME...BIG FORK AND MARCELL.

THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. BY EVENING...3 TO
6 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD HAVE FALLEN. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH DURING THE
MORNING...RESULTING IN LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLICK ROADS ON SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...CAUSING ANY LINGERING WATER FROM EARLIER
SHOWERS TO FREEZE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.

PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY IN OR NEAR
THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING
ROAD CONDITIONS. ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER ON ROADS CAUSED BY
RIVERS AND STREAMS CREEPING OVER THEIR BANKS.

TAP