Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 12:30 PM CST for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 38 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 12, 2006, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2006, 12:30 PM CST (18:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 47 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, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue 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, 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, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 4 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
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 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 121830 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1230 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...POTENT WINTER STORM WILL HAMMER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AND EARLY MONDAY... .HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL OVERSPREAD WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND WORK EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A BAND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. PERIODS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA...WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BEING REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOR MUCH OF FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA...AND LITTLE FALLS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR EXPECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ051>053-058>070-073>078-082-083-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-130230- /O.CAN.KMPX.HS.W.0001.060313T0000Z-060313T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1230 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY FROM GRANITE FALLS AND OLIVIA...EASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH WISCONSIN. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ043>045-049-050-054>057-130230- /O.UPG.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.060313T0000Z-060313T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 1230 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA INCLUDE MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...ST. CLOUD... PRINCETON AND MORA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ091-130230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.060313T0000Z-060313T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FAIRMONT 1230 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING NEAR THE FAIRMONT AREA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-130230- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD 1230 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED NEAR MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA...AND LITTLE FALLS. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ084-085-092-093-WIZ026-028-130230- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1230 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET...IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF WET HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ SCHMIT
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130225 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 825 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY... .HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...TO LADYSMITH. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...WITH ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PERIODS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA...WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BEING REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOR MUCH OF FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS...IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE...ARE EXPECTED. FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR MORRIS... ALEXANDRIA...AND LITTLE FALLS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR EXPECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ043>045-049>070-073>078-082-083-091-WIZ014>016-023>025-027- 131030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 825 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BY MIDDAY MONDAY. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA INCLUDE MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...ST. CLOUD...PRINCETON AND MORA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-084-085-092-093-WIZ026-028-131030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 825 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED NEAR MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA...AND LITTLE FALLS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO 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. $$ KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130446 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1046 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY... .HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM GRANITE FALLS... TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...TO RICE LAKE. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...WITH ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PERIODS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA...WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BEING REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOR MUCH OF FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS...IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...ARE EXPECTED. FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR MORRIS... ALEXANDRIA...AND LITTLE FALLS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR EXPECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ078-WIZ016-023>025-027-131300- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1046 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED NEAR ZUMBROTA...MENOMONIE...AND LADYSMITH. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO 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>045-049>070-073>077-082-083-091-WIZ014-015-131300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK-BARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON 1046 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BY MIDDAY MONDAY. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA INCLUDE MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...ST. CLOUD...PRINCETON AND MORA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-084-085-092-093-WIZ026-028-131300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1046 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED NEAR MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA...AND LITTLE FALLS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 131012 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 412 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUING THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .HEAVY SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH A LATE WINTER STORM CENTERED OVER IOWA WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE IOWA BORDER NORTH THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN MINNESOTA...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FROM FAIRMONT THROUGH MANKATO...FARIBAULT...HUTCHINSON...THE TWIN CITIES AND CAMBRIDGE. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AROUND BALSAM LAKE AND BARRON. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL EARLY THIS MORNING...CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA THROUGH RED WING...MENOMONIE...EAU CLAIRE AND LADYSMITH UNTIL NOON TODAY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST ACROSS THESE AREAS. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT AROUND WILLMAR...SAINT CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS AND MILACA UNTIL NOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY THAT WERE IN EFFECT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MONTEVIDEO HAS BEEN CANCELED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS MORNING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND GIVE SNOW PLOWS PLENTY OF ROOM TO OPERATE. MNZ043>045-049-050-057-131800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.060313T1012Z-060313T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 412 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW EARLY TODAY WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IS FORECAST ACROSS THIS SNOW ADVISORY AREA. 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. $$ MNZ054>056-064-131115- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 412 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-131115- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD 412 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082-083-091-WIZ014-015-131800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.060313T1012Z-060313T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- BARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON 412 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA WITH SNOW FALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ078-084-085-092-093-WIZ016-023>028-131800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.060313T1012Z-060313T1800Z/ GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 412 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TO MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING BUT NOT BEFORE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 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 131526 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 926 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...INTENSE WINTER STORM CONTINUING TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUMMEL MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. PERIODS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES COMMON. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THE IOWA BORDER NORTH THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. ISOLATED SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO 18 INCHES WILL ALSO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...ALONG AND EAST OF A RED WING TO HASTINGS LINE. NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE BREAKING OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT AROUND WILLMAR...SAINT CLOUD... LITTLE FALLS AND MILACA UNTIL NOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED TODAY DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS NATURE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. MNZ078-WIZ016-023>028-132200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 926 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TO MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN AN EIGHTH OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ084-085-092-093-131800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 926 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES EXPECTED. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ014-015-132200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/ POLK-BARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON 926 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082-083-091-131800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... 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...FAIRMONT 926 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES EXPECTED. ISOLATED SNOWFALL TOTALS AROUND 18 INCHES WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER. NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ043>045-049-050-057-131800- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060313T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 926 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW EARLY TODAY WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS THIS SNOW ADVISORY AREA. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SCHMIT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 131852 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1252 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...THE WINTER STORM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON... .SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THE HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE BREAKING OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BUT AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM RED WING AND RIVER FALLS ON NORTHEAST THROUGH CLEAR LAKE...RICE LAKE AND HAUGEN. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING ARE RED WING...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...MENOMONIE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER AND EAU CLAIRE MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-132200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/ 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 1252 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THE HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE BREAKING OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BUT AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM RED WING AND RIVER FALLS ON NORTHEAST THROUGH CLEAR LAKE...RICE LAKE AND HAUGEN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:05 AM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Rusk and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Rusk and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:05 AM CST | Snow Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Mille Lacs and 3 more | 8 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.