Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 15, 2006, 4:17 AM CST for 30 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 15, 2006, 2:09 PM CST. It was in force for 25 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2006, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2006, 2:09 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2006, 2:50 PM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 36 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Fridley, MN | |
| Mar 15, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Plymouth, MN | |
| Mar 15, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Stillwater, MN | |
| Mar 15, 11:44 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Mar 15, 11:44 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Mar 15, 11:56 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Mar 16, 12:19 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Bloomington, MN | |
| Mar 16, 3:16 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Mar 16, 3:16 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Annandale, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Farmington, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Plymouth, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Northfield, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Stillwater, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Arden Hills, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Buffalo, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Ellsworth, WI | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Fridley, MN | |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Hudson, WI | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Blue Earth, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Mankato, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Le Center, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Forest Lake, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Shakopee, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Hastings, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Medina, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Richfield, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Fridley, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Fridley, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:34 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | North Mankato, MN | |
| Mar 16, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Stillwater, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | St Paul, MN | OBSERVATION FROM HIGHLAND PARK |
| Mar 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Winsted, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Winsted, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | St Paul, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Sand Creek, WI | |
| Mar 16, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Waconia, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Baldwin, WI | |
| Mar 16, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Se Hastings, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | New London, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Mar 16, 7:50 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Springfield, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.7 | Edina, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Fridley, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Stillwater, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Mounds View, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:10 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Chippewa Falls, WI | |
| Mar 16, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 6.6 | North St Paul, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Golden Valley, MN | |
| Mar 16, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Spring Valley, WI | |
| Mar 16, 8:55 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Mar 16, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Mar 16, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Buffalo, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 151017 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 417 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY... .SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED OVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR MINNESOTA...TO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER...ROUGHLY FROM GRANITE FALLS TO BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THE LOW APPROACHES SNOW WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MNZ057>063-065>070-075>077-083-084-151830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.060316T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0000Z-060316T1800Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA 417 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... 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 THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SNOW WILL BEGIN FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS NEAR MIDDAY THURSDAY. 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...INCLUDING I-35 AND I-94. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ023>028-151830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.060316T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 417 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS FROM ALBERT LEA...TO RED WING MINNESOTA...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS ...INCLUDING ON I-35...I-94 AND I-90. $$ MNZ064-073-074-082-091-092-151830- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.060316T0000Z-060316T1500Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 417 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY EVENING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY END BY LATE MORNING ON THURSDAY...WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS EXPECTED BETWEEN THREE TO SIX INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR/MTF
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 152009 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 209 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE...WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. MNZ064-073-074-082-091-092-160415- /O.UPG.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.060316T0000Z-060316T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0300Z-060316T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 209 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING OVER WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY END BY LATE MORNING ON THURSDAY...WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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. $$ MNZ054>056-160415- /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0300Z-060316T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO 209 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MADISON...BENSON...AND MONTEVIDEO AREAS. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS NEAR MIDDAY THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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. $$ MNZ057>063-065>070-075>077-083-084-160415- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0300Z-060316T1800Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA 209 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SNOW WILL BEGIN FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS NEAR MIDDAY THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...INCLUDING I-35 AND I-94. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ023>028-160415- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0300Z-060317T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 209 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS FROM ALBERT LEA...TO RED WING...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER SIX INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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 ...INCLUDING ON I-35...I-94 AND I-90. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 152301 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 501 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE...WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. MNZ054>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-160715- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0300Z-060316T1800Z/ 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-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 501 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON... TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SNOW WILL BEGIN FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS NEAR MIDDAY THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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...INCLUDING I- 35 AND I-94. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ023>028-160715- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.060316T0300Z-060317T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 501 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON... TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS FROM ALBERT LEA...TO RED WING...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER SIX INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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 ...INCLUDING ON I- 35...I-94 AND I-90. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 160301 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 901 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SNOW CONTINUED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 900 PM...THE SNOW WAS OCCURRING WITHIN A 50 MILE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM WATKINS...BUFFALO...LORETTA TO ELLSWORTH WISCONSIN. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE...WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. MNZ054>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-161115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060316T1800Z/ 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-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 901 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON... TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO THE TWIN CITIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATE BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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...INCLUDING I- 35 AND I-94. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ023>028-161115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 901 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON... TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER SIX INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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 ...INCLUDING ON I- 35...I-94 AND I-90. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 160506 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1106 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY... .SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT OVER THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE...WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO NINE INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. MNZ054>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-161315- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060316T1800Z/ 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-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1106 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON... TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY THURSDAY COULD VARY FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. MOTORISTS CAN ANTICIPATE SOME SNOW COVERED ROADS ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME AND MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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...INCLUDING I- 35 AND I-94. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ023>028-161315- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1106 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BENSON... TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. SNOW WAS RAPIDLY EXPANDING OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER SIX INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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 ...INCLUDING ON I- 35...I-94 AND I-90. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 161022 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 422 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW THROUGH TODAY... .WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BENSON MINNESOTA...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH TODAY. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE BEST LIKELIHOOD FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL BE DURING THE MID AND LATE MORNING HOURS. FROM THE NOON HOUR ON...THE SNOW WILL END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. MNZ077-082>084-091-092-161830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 422 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THROUGH LATE MORNING...SNOWFALL RATES IN SOME LOCATIONS MAY APPROACH TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN SUBSIDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND END SOON THEREAFTER...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...AND GENERALLY RANGE FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES. 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...INCLUDING ON I- 35 AND I-90. $$ MNZ054>070-073>076-161800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060316T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 422 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...GENERALLY THROUGH 1000 AM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF NINE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN SUBSIDING NEAR NOON TODAY. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS COUPLED WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. 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...INCLUDING ON I- 35 AND I-94. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ023>028-161830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 422 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-94 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BY EARLY AFTERNOON THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AND END SOON THEREAFTER...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...AND GENERALLY RANGE FROM FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF NINE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTH AND WEST OF RED WING MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS ...INCLUDING ON I-35...I-90 AND I-94. $$ MTF
000 WWUS43 KMPX 161640 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1040 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON... .WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON ACROSS A GOOD SHARE OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WARNING THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES TO RED WING...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE INTO AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH TODAY. LOW PRESSURE...LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA DURING THE LATE MORNING...IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS INTO EXTREME WESTERN INDIANA BY EARLY THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL MEAN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. MNZ054>070-073>076-161800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060316T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 1040 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...AND PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS MORNING AS SNOW TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON TODAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TYPICALLY RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES FROM MONTEVIDEO AND WILLMAR...TO ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN INCH TOTALS FROM REDWOOD FALLS...LITCHFIELD AND BUFFALO. THE TWIN CITIES WILL END UP WITH SNOW TOTALS RANGING FROM NEAR 6 INCHES IN NORTHWEST HENNEPIN COUNTY TO AROUND 9 INCHES AT LAKEVILLE. FURTHER SOUTHEAST...SNOW TOTALS WILL AVERAGE NEAR 9 INCHES THROUGH LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTIES. $$ MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-170000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1040 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-94 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SPECIFICALLY IT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES TO RED WING...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH IMPROVEMENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. INITIAL IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS ST. CROIX...DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES AS EARLY AS 1 PM CST WITH NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT AT FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO END UP AROUND 8 INCHES IN WASECA...STEELE...RICE AND GOODHUE COUNTIES WITH TYPICALLY 5 TO 7 INCH TOTALS IN THE OTHER WARNED COUNTIES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ...INCLUDING ON I-35...I-90 AND I-94. $$ WET/TDK
000 WWUS43 KMPX 162050 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 250 PM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO JUST A SCATTERING OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WATCH OUT FOR SLICK SPOTS AS TEMPERATURES LOWER OVERNIGHT. MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-162200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 250 PM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM HAS BEEN MOVING AWAY AND SNOW WAS TAPERING OFF. $$ TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:17 AM CST | Snow Advisory | MPX | Brown, Faribault, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.