Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 270338
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
938 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM 6 AM MONDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE STARING AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE
WATCH BEGINS AROUND REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS AT 6 AM MONDAY MORNING.

THIS WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN TIMED TO BEGIN WITH THE
ANTICIPATED CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. THIS CHANGE OVER WILL
OCCUR AS WINDS SWING TO THE NORTH AND COLD AIR BEGINS TO SPILL
ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO
RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES AROUND NEW ULM...LITCHFIELD AND ST
CLOUD...TO 8 INCHES AROUND MADISON AND MORRIS BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR ABOVE
40 MPH ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY. DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO THE SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW ZERO MONDAY EVENING.

THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS FORECAST TO
MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA MONDAY AND THROUGH NORTHERN
WISCONSIN MONDAY NIGHT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.

WINTER STORM CONDITIONS COULD DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALTER PLANS TO AVOID TRAVEL IN THE
WATCH AREA ON MONDAY IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY CARRY
A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-271145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
938 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-057-058-065-073-074-271145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
938 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 270836
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
236 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...ICY ROADS AND WALKWAYS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS SUNDAY
MORNING...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PART OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH ABOUT 10 AM CDT.


MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-271600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.051127T0836Z-051127T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
236 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GLAZE AREA ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AND
PRESENT VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO BOTH DRIVERS AS WELL AS
ANYONE ON FOOT. IMPROVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK
AS TEMPERATURES MOVE ABOVE FREEZING.


THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-057-058-271600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.051127T0836Z-051127T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
236 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GLAZE AREA ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AND
PRESENT VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO BOTH DRIVERS AS WELL AS
ANYONE ON FOOT. IMPROVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK
AS TEMPERATURES MOVE ABOVE FREEZING.


THIS WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-271600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.051127T0836Z-051127T1600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
236 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THIS MORNING. 

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GLAZE AREA ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AND
PRESENT VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO BOTH DRIVERS AS WELL AS
ANYONE ON FOOT. IMPROVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK
AS TEMPERATURES MOVE ABOVE FREEZING.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ065-073-074-271645-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
236 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 271240
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...ICY ROADS AND WALKWAYS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS SUNDAY MORNING...

.LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES HAVE REPORTED VERY ICY ROADS ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE WORST
CONDITIONS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE WILLMAR AREA THROUGH
LITCHFIELD TO AROUND CAMBRIDGE TO JUST NORTH OF MENOMONIE.
TEMPERATURES FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO THE EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA
FALLS AREA HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AT 6 AM. ICY CONDITIONS COULD
CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS AROUND LITTLE FALLS...MILACA
...AND MORA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
EVENING AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTH OUT OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. OVER SIX
INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED. 

MNZ054-056-064-272045-
/O.CAN.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

TEMPERATURES AT 6 AM WERE RISING TOWARD THE FREEZING MARK WITH
ONE SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN EXPECTED. SOME SCATTERED SLIPPERY AREAS
COULD REMAIN UNTIL AROUND 8 AM. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ060>063-WIZ023-025-027-271345-
/O.CAN.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES BY 6 AM HAD
RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING. THUS...ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL NOT CAUSE
FURTHER ICING PROBLEMS. 

$$

MNZ057-058-271400-
/O.EXT.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1400Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

AT 6 AM ROADS REMAINED VERY ICY AND SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED UNTIL BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM. BY 8 AM ROAD SURFACES SHOULD
RISE ABOVE FREEZING SO FURTHER RAINS WILL NOT CAUSE ICING.

THE WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST
CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6
INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS
AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ055-271400-
/O.EXT.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1400Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BENSON
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

SCATTERED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GLAZE AREA ROADWAYS
AND SIDEWALKS AND PRESENT VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS UNTIL AROUND 8
AM. AFTER 8 AM TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING SO FURTHER
RAINS WILL NOT CAUSE ICING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ051>053-059-WIZ014>016-271400-
/O.EXT.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1400Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL AROUND 8 AM. AFTER 8 AM FURTHER
RAINS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ICING PROBLEMS. 

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-271600-
/O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

SCATTERED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ICY ROADS INTO
THE MID MORNING HOURS WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-271600-
/O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSE SOME VERY SLIPPERY ROADS EARLY THIS
MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEING
THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. AFTER ABOUT 10 AM FURTHER RAINS
SHOULD NOT CAUSE ICING PROBLEMS. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ044-045-271600-
/O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED VERY SLIPPERY ROADS EARLY THIS MORNING.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING INTO THE MID
MORNING HOURS. BY ABOUT 10 AM FURTHER RAINS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ICING
PROBLEMS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ065-073-074-272045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
640 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 271409
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...ICY ROADS AND WALKWAYS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING...

.LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS REPORTED ICY ROADS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN. SOME OF THE WORST CONDITIONS WERE NORTH OF A LINE
FROM THE BENSON AREA THROUGH ST CLOUD TO NORTH OF CAMBRIDGE. ICY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS
AROUND LITTLE FALLS...ALEXANDRIA...STAPLES...LONG PRAIRIE...MILACA 
AND MORA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
EVENING AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTH OUT OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. OVER
SIX INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED.

MNZ057-058-272215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1400Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. 

THE WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...
ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO
6 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS
AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ055-272215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1400Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BENSON
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6
TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ051>053-059-WIZ014>016-271515-
/O.EXP.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1400Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-271600-
/O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

SCATTERED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ICY ROADS INTO
THE MID MORNING HOURS WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-271600-
/O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSE SOME VERY SLIPPERY ROADS EARLY THIS
MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEING
THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. AFTER ABOUT 10 AM FURTHER RAINS
SHOULD NOT CAUSE ICING PROBLEMS.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ044-045-271600-
/O.CON.KMPX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051127T1600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED VERY SLIPPERY ROADS EARLY THIS MORNING.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING INTO THE MID
MORNING HOURS. BY ABOUT 10 AM FURTHER RAINS SHOULD NOT CAUSE
ICING PROBLEMS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ054-056-064-272215-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

TEMPERATURES AT 6 AM WERE RISING TOWARD THE FREEZING MARK WITH
ONE SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN EXPECTED. SOME SCATTERED SLIPPERY AREAS
COULD REMAIN UNTIL AROUND 8 AM.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...MORRIS...
ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ065-073-074-272215-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
809 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE
FALLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MARGRAF

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 271638
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1038 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...ICY ROADS AND WALKWAYS AND FOG ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND 
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.ROADS AND SIDEWALKS REMAINED ICY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO FREEZING RAIN AND BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES. IN ADDITION...FOG HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION
WHICH HAS REDUCED VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS.
SOME OF THE WORST CONDITIONS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO
GLENWOOD TO LONG PRAIRIE TO LITTLE FALLS. ICY AND FOGGY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS 
STEVENS...POPE...DOUGLAS...TODD AND MORRISON COUNTIES SO A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED IN THIS AREA. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
EVENING AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTH OUT OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. FOUR TO
EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED.

MNZ041-042-047-048-272200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.051127T1638Z-051127T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD
1038 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

SCATTERED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ICY ROADS INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE
FREEZING. AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE WILL ALSO AFFECT THE REGION
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF ICY ROADS AND FOG WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD AND LONG
PRAIRIE AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH
GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND
FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ043-272200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.051127T1638Z-051127T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LITTLE FALLS
1038 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

SCATTERED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ICY ROADS INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE
FREEZING. AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE WILL ALSO AFFECT THE REGION
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF ICY ROADS AND FOG WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE LITTLE FALLS AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40
MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND
FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ054>056-064-280045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
GRANITE FALLS
1038 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES GRANITE FALLS...MADISON...BENSON AND MONTEVIDEO. 
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AT OR
GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ049-050-057-058-065-073-074-280045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
1038 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THE WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES ST CLOUD...FOLEY...REDWOOD FALLS...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA AND NEW ULM. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AT OR GREATER THAN 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY
ON MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING COULD CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MARGRAF

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 272158
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM
STAPLES TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. THE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM MONDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING
INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...MORRIS...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND
DAWN MONDAY MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. BY MIDDAY MONDAY THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINS. 

IN ADDITION A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MAINLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND
NEW ULM...TO LITTLE FALLS. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON
MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES LITTLE
FALLS...FOLEY...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...
REDWOOD FALLS...AND NEW ULM.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS IN THE
WATCH AREA. DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. 

IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
IOWA BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS THE
ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE WINTER STORM CONDITIONS TO THE
REGION MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

MNZ041-042-047-048-280600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051127T2200Z/
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD
358 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM
STAPLES TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG
PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...MORRIS...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND
DAWN MONDAY MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. BY MIDDAY MONDAY THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINS. 

IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ043-280600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051127T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LITTLE FALLS
358 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MAINLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND NEW ULM... TO
LITTLE FALLS. THE WATCH INCLUDES LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...
ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS...AND
NEW ULM.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS IN THE
WATCH AREA. DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. 

IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STRONG 
WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ054>056-064-280600-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
GRANITE FALLS
358 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM
STAPLES TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG
PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...MORRIS...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND
DAWN MONDAY MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. BY MIDDAY MONDAY THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINS. 

IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ049-050-057-058-065-073-074-280600-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
358 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...FOR THE AREA FROM LITTLE FALLS TO NEW ULM
AND REDWOOD FALLS. THE WATCH INCLUDES LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...
ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS...AND
NEW ULM.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS IN THE
WATCH AREA. DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. 

IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STRONG 
WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MARGRAF/KRAUSE

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 280502
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1102 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM
STAPLES TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. THE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM MONDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING
INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...MORRIS...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY
MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. BY MIDDAY MONDAY THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO
POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINS.

IN ADDITION...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MAINLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND
NEW ULM...TO LITTLE FALLS. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON
MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES LITTLE
FALLS...FOLEY...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...
REDWOOD FALLS...AND NEW ULM.

RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW IN THE MID TO LATE
MORNING HOURS IN THE WATCH AREA. DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
IOWA BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS THE
ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE WINTER STORM CONDITIONS TO THE
REGION MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-281315-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
1102 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...MORRIS...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY
MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. BY MIDDAY MONDAY THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO
POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINS.

IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-057-058-065-073-074-281315-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
1102 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

THE WATCH INCLUDES LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND NEW ULM.

RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW IN THE MID TO LATE
MORNING HOURS IN THE WATCH AREA. DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGIONWIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 281036
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SITUATED OVER WESTERN IOWA...IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL REACH
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY SUNSET THIS EVENING...AND THEN TRACK TO
THE NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AS COLD AIR
WRAPS AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW...RAIN WILL FIRST CHANGE TO
FREEZING RAIN AND MIXED RAIN AND SNOW...AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW.
SOME BLOWING SNOW CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR
WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS POSTED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. THE
WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT. THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...
MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

RAIN WILL BEGAN TRANSITIONING OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND
FREEZING RAIN LATER TODAY IN THE WARNING AREA. BY MIDDAY MONDAY
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND
WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINS.

IN ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MAINLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND
NEW ULM...TO LITTLE FALLS. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES
LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...
REDWOOD FALLS...AND NEW ULM.

RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TURN
TO ALL SNOW BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
BY MIDNIGHT.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS 
MORNING REGION WIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
VISIBILITIES TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WHICH IN TURN WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.



MNZ074-281145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEW ULM
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. 

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO WET SNOW FOR A TIME LATER TODAY
AND INTO TONIGHT...BUT MOST AREAS WILL ONLY END UP WITH AN INCH OR
TWO OF ACCUMULATION.

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-281845-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...
MORRIS... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN LATER
THIS MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. BY AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINS.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING REGION WIDE. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-057-058-065-073-281845-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

RAIN WILL BEGAN CHANGING OVER TO MIXED RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS BY EARLY
EVENING.

SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR FOR A TIME WHILE PRECIPITATION IS TRANSITIONING
FROM RAIN TO SNOW. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 281640
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1040 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTRY WEATHER TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA WILL MOVE
SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SLOWER MOVEMENT
TO THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A LONGER DURATION SNOW
EVENT OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA AND MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA TONIGHT. 

AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO BENSON TO GRANITE
FALLS...HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH
OF TONIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR FOR A TIME WHILE
PRECIPITATION IS TRANSITIONING FROM RAIN TO SNOW. THERE WILL BE
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IN
THE WARNING AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM 7 TO 9 INCHES BY DAYBREAK
TUESDAY.

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT AT NOON FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MAINLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND
NEW ULM...TO ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS...HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED
TO 6 AM TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES LITTLE
FALLS...FOLEY...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...
REDWOOD FALLS...AND NEW ULM. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING
RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ALONG WITH INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE
ADVISORY AREA WILL RUN FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN REDWOOD FALLS TO
NEAR 5 INCHES IN LITTLE FALLS AND ST CLOUD.

A NEW WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE
ADVISORY EXTENDS FROM ST PETER AND GAYLORD ON NORTHWARD THROUGH
CAMBRIDGE...PRINCETON AND MORA. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS
EVENING IN THESE AREAS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AFTER
MIDNIGHT CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.  

IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-290045-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
1040 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.

THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...
MORRIS... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST
OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS...HAS BEEN
EXTENDED TO 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. SOME
FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR FOR A TIME WHILE PRECIPITATION IS
TRANSITIONING FROM RAIN TO SNOW. THERE WILL BE STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS TONIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WARNING AREA IS
EXPECTED TO BE FROM 7 TO 9 INCHES BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ044-045-051-052-059-066-067-074-075-290045-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.051129T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-
NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER
1040 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY EXTENDS
FROM ST PETER AND GAYLORD ON NORTHWARD THROUGH CAMBRIDGE...PRINCETON
AND MORA. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING IN THESE AREAS. SOME
FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR FOR A TIME WHILE PRECIPITATION IS
TRANSITIONING FROM RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THERE WILL ALSO BE INCREASING NORTHWEST
WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-057-058-065-073-290045-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.051128T1800Z-051129T1200Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1040 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MAINLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND NEW ULM...TO
ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS...HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 6 AM TUESDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...ST
CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS...AND NEW
ULM.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SNOW
ACCUMULATION IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RUN FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN
REDWOOD FALLS TO NEAR 5 INCHES IN LITTLE FALLS AND ST CLOUD.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

RAH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 282044
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTRY WEATHER TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
THIS EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS...TO BENSON...TO GRANITE FALLS. IN ADDITION TO NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE ON
TAP FOR TONIGHT. SNOW TOTALS MAY REACH NINE INCHES BY TUESDAY
MORNING AT BOTH MADISON AND MORRIS.

FARTHER EAST...AROUND ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...AND GLENWOOD...WINTER
STORM WARNINGS REMAIN POSTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL...EXCEEDING 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW. VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE VERY POOR AT TIMES.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN
CITIES...MANKATO...AND SAINT CLOUD. IN THESE AREAS A ROUND OF
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...THE RAPID
FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE
VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES.

THE WINTER WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY DEEP LOW PRESSURE
CENTER THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT. 

IT WOULD BE BEST TO POSTPONE TRAVEL IN OUTSTATE MINNESOTA IF
POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

MNZ047-054>056-064-290445-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.051128T2044Z-051129T1200Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...
MORRIS... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO
BENSON...TO GRANITE FALLS. IN ADDITION TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING SNOW...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE ON TAP FOR
TONIGHT. SNOW TOTALS MAY REACH NINE INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING AT
BOTH MADISON AND MORRIS.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.


$$

MNZ041-042-048-290445-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD
244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...
MORRIS... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND GRANITE FALLS.

WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...LONG
PRAIRIE...AND GLENWOOD...REMAIN UNDER WINTER STORM WARNINGS THROUGH
TONIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...EXCEEDING 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE VERY
POOR AT TIMES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY
A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.


$$

MNZ053-060>063-068>070-076-077-082>085-091>093-290445-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.051129T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN
CITIES...MANKATO...AND CAMBRIDGE. IN THESE AREAS A ROUND OF
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...THE RAPID
FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE
VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

MNZ043-049-050-057-058-065-073-290445-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...ST CLOUD...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...AND REDWOOD FALLS.

A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING
OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW...THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

MNZ044-045-051-052-059-066-067-074-075-290445-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.051129T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-
NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER
244 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING
OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW...THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
OVERNIGHT COULD CREATE VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. 

SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THERE
WILL ALSO BE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$
RAH/RJN

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 290321
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT...

.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS...TO BENSON...TO GRANITE FALLS. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF
SNOWFALL WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY STRONG WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50
MPH IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN MANY AREAS...
ESPECIALLY WHEN VENTURING BEYOND THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS WILL COMBINE WITH THE
STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 5
ABOVE.

ELSEWHERE...THE AREA FROM ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD TO LONG PRAIRIE AND
STAPLES REMAINS UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING. FOUR TO SIX INCHES
OF SNOWFALL WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH.
VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE VERY POOR AT TIMES.

FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE
REST OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT.
THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...AND SAINT CLOUD. RAIN
WAS GIVING WAY TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW...AND ALL
AREAS WILL BE SEEING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE
EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR TO LAKE MILLE LACS...WITH ONE OR TWO INCHES
ELSEWHERE. THE RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
OVERNIGHT WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON SIDEWALKS AND
UNTREATED ROADS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO HAVE OCCASIONAL
BOUTS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...DUE TO GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.

THE WINTER WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE
THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY
SUNRISE TUESDAY.

IF YOU DO TRAVEL TONIGHT...IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

MNZ047-054>056-064-291130-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

THE WARNING INCLUDES MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...APPLETON...
MADISON...CANBY AND GRANITE FALLS.

SNOWFALL OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY FIERCE
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. THE SNOW SHOULD
BEGIN TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WINDS WILL VERY SLOWLY
BEGIN DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WELL. HOWEVER...GUSTS SHOULD
STILL BE OVER 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL
BE NEAR ZERO IN OPEN COUNTRY FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

$$

MNZ041-042-048-291130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD
921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

THE WARNING INCLUDES LONG PRAIRIE...STAPLES...ALEXANDRIA...
GLENWOOD AND STARBUCK.

SNOWFALL OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY STRONG
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS IN OPEN AREAS. THE
SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE
BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

$$

MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-291130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
921 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LITTLE FALLS...MORA...ST CLOUD...
WILLMAR...REDWOOD FALLS...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...MANKATO...FAIRMONT AND
ALBERT LEA.

RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN HAD CHANGED TO SNOW FROM CENTRAL INTO
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. AS THE COLD AIR MOVES EAST...THE EVENING RAIN
IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN...AND THEN TO SNOW. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO
ENVELOP THE AREA. SOME BURSTS OF SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE
STRONG WIND...CAUSING OCCASIONAL VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO IN OPEN
AREAS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
EAST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ESPECIALLY FROM WILLMAR TO LITTLE
FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS.  

DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS...SO SLOW DOWN AND BE CAREFUL USING THE
BRAKE PEDAL.

$$
TDK

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 291028
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WINTRY WEATHER OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL GRADUALLY
WIND DOWN THIS TUESDAY MORNING...

.SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA IN ASSOCIATION WITH DEEP LOW PRESSURE SITUATED OVER LAKE
SUPERIOR. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT PROBLEMS
THROUGH MID-MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
...CONSIDERABLE GLAZING OCCURRED OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES FROM
FALLEN POWER LINES. AREA HIGHWAYS IN MUCH OF THIS AREA ARE
REPORTED TO BE IN EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS CONDITION.

FURTHER EAST...SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH EARLIER FREEZING
PRECIPITATION ALSO HAS RESULTED IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE A PROBLEM IN OPEN AREAS OF
OUTSTATE MINNESOTA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY GRADUALLY
IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING.

MNZ047-054>056-064-291600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.BS.Y.0001.051129T1028Z-051129T1600Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. CONSIDER CANCELING OR
DELAYING TRAVEL THIS MORNING AS FREEZING RAIN FROM LAST EVENING
HAS RESULTED IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN SOME
AREAS...POWER LINES AND POLES ARE REPORTED DOWN DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATION.

$$

MNZ041-042-048-291600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD
428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDMORNING ALONG
WITH EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN SOME
AREAS...FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED YESTERDAY WHICH HAS GLAZED AREA HIGHWAYS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

MNZ073-074-082-083-091>093-291600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.BS.Y.0001.051129T1028Z-051129T1600Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT CAN
BE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING...SO CONSIDER DELAYING UNNECESSARY
TRAVEL. 

$$

MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-075>077-084-085-291600-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1600Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
WASECA-STEELE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
WASECA...OWATONNA
428 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MID-MORNING WITH HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED. WATER FROM RAINFALL LAST EVENING HAS
FROZEN UNDER THE NEW SNOWFALL CAUSING EXTREMELY SLIPPERY STRETCHES
OF HIGHWAY. 

DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS...SO SLOW DOWN AND BE CAREFUL USING THE
BRAKE PEDAL.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

.DISCUSSION...
WARMER AIR BEGINS TO POUR INTO AREA TODAY AS BROAD SWLY FETCH
DEVELOPS ABOVE THE SURFACE.  SWLY WINDS ARE ALREADY PEELING AWAY THE
BAND OF CLOUDS ACROSS WC WI INTO MN.  NOT MUCH VARIATION IN MOS
GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY AND PRETTY MUCH WENT ALONG WITH
THEM. WITH CLOUDS OVERSPREADING THE AREA TODAY AND CONTINUED WARM
AIR PUSHING IN SHOULD BE VERY LITTLE DROP IN OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES.
WILL LIKELY SEE LIGHT RAIN ALREADY INTO SC MN BY 12Z SUNDAY WITH
PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE AREA RAPIDLY DURING THE DAY WITH
APPROACH OF DEEPENING TROF.  NAM TRACKS THE DEEPING SURFACE CYCLONE
A BIT FARTHER EAST THAN GFS AND THUS IS SOMEWHAT COLDER.  BOTH
MODELS DO SHOW RAPID COOLING OF LOWER LAYERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTR MOST OF THIS
PERIOD...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
WE ARE RUNNING WITH TEMPERATURES FROM 7 TO 9 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO AS
LISTED ON MEX OUTPUT AS ECMWF MODEL OUTPUT SHOWS ANOMALY TEMPS AT
THE 85H LEVEL BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE AND A HALF STANDARD DEVIATIONS
BELOW LONG TERM AVERAGES. WE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR TEMPERATURE
GRIDS THAN WE HAVE OUR PRECIP GRIDS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
503 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-271103-
ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-
DOUGLAS-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-
KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-
RENVILLE-RICE-RUSK-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE-
STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
503 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

LOOKING TO SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA MONDAY
MORNING.  WARM AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THIS WEATHER SYSTEM SO THAT
MOST AREAS WILL SEE RAIN DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY.  SOME PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD SEE A RAIN AND SNOW MIX SUNDAY NIGHT.  AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN ON MONDAY
ENOUGH COLD AIR SHOULD WORK INTO THE SYSTEM TO CHANGE THE RAIN TO
SNOW.  AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE IN WEST CENTRAL AND INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

BAP