Alert archive / Minnesota / Snow Advisories in 2005
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Dec 13, 2005, 3:27 PM CST for 41 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 14, 2005, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2005, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2005, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2005, 3:43 AM CST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 41 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 132127 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CLOSER TO DAWN WEDNESDAY. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM WEDNESDAY ACROSS MINNESOTA...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND NOON WEDNESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION SHOULD OCCUR DURING THESE TIME FRAMES. HOWEVER...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN THIS AREA 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL LAST INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING IN THIS AREA. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN ADDITION TO GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA BETWEEN 6 AM WEDNESDAY AND 6 AM THURSDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 6 AM THURSDAY. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT...A SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY. MNZ078-140530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.051214T1200Z-051215T1200Z/ GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING 327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CLOSER TO DAWN WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-140530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T1200Z-051215T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.051214T1200Z-051215T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076-077-140530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T1200Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-140530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041>044-048>051-058-059-066-067-140530- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD 327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ047-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-091-140530- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MARGRAF/KAT
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 140239 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 839 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THE REST OF THE EVENING AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WAS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THUS THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT AS OF 830 PM...SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW BY 10 PM. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM WEDNESDAY ACROSS MINNESOTA...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND NOON WEDNESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION SHOULD OCCUR DURING THESE TIME FRAMES. HOWEVER...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN THIS AREA 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL LAST INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING IN THIS AREA. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN ADDITION TO GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA BETWEEN 6 AM WEDNESDAY AND 6 AM THURSDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 6 AM THURSDAY. MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-141045- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.051214T1200Z-051215T1200Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 839 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ047-054>057-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-141045- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0239Z-051215T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 839 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW BY 10 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-058>063-066>070-076-077-141045- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 839 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDNIGHT, THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 141057 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 457 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...IN ADVANCE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH DAKOTA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE TWIN CITIES BY THURSDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THURSDAY MORNING...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES....EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO OLIVIA TO OWATONNA. MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-141900- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.051214T1200Z-051215T1200Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 457 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WARNING COVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AS WELL AS GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-058>063-066>070-076-077-141900- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 457 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE ADVISORY IS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT. SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS AND ST CLOUD AREAS...TO BETWEEN 7 AND 9 INCHES IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD TO FARIBAULT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ047-054>057-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-141900- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 457 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO OLIVIA TO OWATONNA. SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN A TREND TO LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 141616 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1016 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY...IN ADVANCE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE TWIN CITIES BY THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. THROUGH TONIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THURSDAY MORNING...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES....EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR GOODHUE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO OLIVIA TO OWATONNA. MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-150030- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1016 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-058>063-066>070-076-077-150030- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 1016 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH LIGHTER SNOW PERSISTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS AND ST CLOUD AREAS...TO BETWEEN 7 AND 9 INCHES IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD TO FARIBAULT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ047-054>057-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1016 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN A TREND TO LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 142051 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 251 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...LINGERING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES... .A HEAVY SNOW WARNING CONTINUES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND FOR GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE AREAS AROUND RIVER FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH AND RED WING...MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WILL TAKE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 7 TO 9 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM AROUND 3 INCHES NEAR WILLMAR...BENSON AND MORTON TO 7 INCHES AT BLUE EARTH AND KIESTER. A SNOW ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING FROM THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWEST ALONG INTERSTATE 94 TO THE ALEXANDRIA AREA AND NORTH TO CAMBRIDGE...MILACA AND LITTLE FALLS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IS ANTICIPATED...TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THIS ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THIS LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LINGERING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT. THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD GIVE SNOW PLOWS PLENTY OF ROOM. MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-150500- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 251 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE AREAS AROUND RIVER FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH AND RED WING...MINNESOTA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MOTORISTS SHOULD GIVE SNOW PLOWS PLENTY OF ROOM. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-058>063-066>070-076-077-150500- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 251 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWEST ALONG INTERSTATE 94 TO THE ALEXANDRIA AREA AND NORTH TO CAMBRIDGE...MILACA AND LITTLE FALLS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN...THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ047-054>057-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 251 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS THAT ARE ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FROM MONTEVIDEO TO MANKATO AND ALSO NEAR THE IOWA BORDER FROM FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THIS ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 3 INCHES AT WILLMAR TO 7 INCHES AT BLUE EARTH. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 150259 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 859 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW WINDING DOWN... .SNOWFALL HAS BEEN DIMINISHING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...A SNOW ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY...FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT GLENWOOD...TO ST CLOUD...TO FOREST LAKE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. MORE PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH 2 INCHES. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST...SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT CAUSING LINGERING SNOW OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD GIVE SNOW PLOWS PLENTY OF ROOM. MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-150400- /O.CAN.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 859 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. $$ MNZ058>063-066>070-076-077-150400- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 859 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ MNZ041>045-048>053-151100- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 859 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR GLENWOOD...TO ST CLOUD...TO FOREST LAKE. MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT AREAS OF MORE PERSISTENT SNOW MAY YIELD ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 150943 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 343 AM CST THU DEC 15 2005 ...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BUT THE MAJOR PORTION OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE COME TO AN END... .A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DRIFT NORTHEAST INTO UPPER MICHIGAN BY LATE FRIDAY. AS THE LOW PROGRESSES TO THE NORTHEAST...PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THAT MAY END UP DEPOSITING AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW DURING ANY 12 HOUR PERIOD. BETWEEN THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...A FEW AREAS MAY PICK UP AN INCH OR TWO OF NEW SNOW AFTER 6 AM CST THIS FRIDAY MORNING. MNZ041>045-048>053-151045- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 343 AM CST THU DEC 15 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH MAY VERY WELL ADD UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...THE BULK OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM HAVE COME TO AN END. $$ WET
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 5:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Faribault and 12 more | 17 days |
| Dec 13, 3:27 PM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 30 hr |
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