Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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WWUS43 KMPX 142146
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

...MID FEBRUARY WINTER STORM MAY GIVE GLANCING BLOW TO SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL SLOWLY
DEEPEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AS IT HEADS INTO THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THE
STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TREKS EAST INTO
THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS. IF THE CURRENT STORM TRACK REMAINS
VIABLE...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
SNOW.

MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-150600-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
346 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY
6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...BEGINNING DURING THE EVENING ON
WEDNESDAY...AND ENDING BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...BECAUSE 
OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE STORM TRACK...A CHANCE FOR ONLY LIGHT
SNOW SHOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED. NEVERTHELESS...MOST
METEOROLOGICAL INDICATORS CONTINUE TO POINT TO A HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WIND EVENT BEGINNING AROUND 6 PM ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT.

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.

$$

AZ

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WWUS43 KMPX 150358
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
958 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

...MID FEBRUARY WINTER STORM STILL LOOKS PROMISING TO BRING SOME
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTION OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL SLOWLY
DEEPEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT HEADS INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS
IT TREKS EAST INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS. IF THE CURRENT STORM
TRACK REMAINS VIABLE...AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AS THE STORM
CENTER MOVES TOWARD CHICAGO. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
SNOW.

MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-151200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
958 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

AT THIS TIME IT STILL APPEARS POSSIBLE THAT FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RECEIVE SIX
INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW BEGINNING DURING THE EVENING ON
WEDNESDAY...AND ENDING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE EXACT TRACK OF
THIS STORM STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT SOME OF THE CITIES WHICH
MAY RECEIVE A GOOD DOSE OF SNOW INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...RED
WING...FARIBAULT... OWATONNA...EAU CLAIRE...RIVER FALLS...AND
MENOMONIE. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON
THURSDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ENSURE YOUR
VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON
TRAVEL.

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.

$$

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WWUS43 KMPX 150840 CCA
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
958 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

...MID FEBRUARY WINTER STORM STILL LOOKS PROMISING TO BRING SOME
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL SLOWLY
DEEPEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT HEADS INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS
IT TREKS EAST INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS. IF THE CURRENT STORM
TRACK REMAINS VIABLE...AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AS THE STORM
CENTER MOVES TOWARD CHICAGO. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
SNOW.

MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-151200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
958 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

AT THIS TIME IT STILL APPEARS POSSIBLE THAT FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RECEIVE SIX
INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW BEGINNING DURING THE EVENING ON
WEDNESDAY...AND ENDING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE EXACT TRACK OF
THIS STORM STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT SOME OF THE CITIES WHICH
MAY RECEIVE A GOOD DOSE OF SNOW INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...RED
WING...FARIBAULT... OWATONNA...EAU CLAIRE...RIVER FALLS...AND
MENOMONIE. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON
THURSDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ENSURE YOUR
VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON
TRAVEL.

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 151037
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
437 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM POTENTIAL FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN
ON THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY
AT TIMES ON THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THURSDAY
EVENING. SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY
EVENING FROM ST JAMES AND FAIRMONT ON NORTHEAST THROUGH RED WING...
TO CORNELL AND EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...
THERE WILL BE BRISK NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES.

MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-151845-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
437 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. 

SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING FROM
ST JAMES AND FAIRMONT ON NORTHEAST THROUGH RED WING...TO CORNELL
AND EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL
BE BRISK NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE
HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL.
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

RAH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 151710
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1110 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM POTENTIAL FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AND
BECOME HEAVY AFTER 9 PM...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. FARTHER
EAST...THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER...BUT IS STILL EXPECTED TO
BECOME HEAVY FROM RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW ON
THURSDAY...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY AND PLENTY OF SNOW DRIFTS.
THE SNOWSTORM WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT
WILL MOVE FROM OKLAHOMA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY LATE THURSDAY. 

MNZ077-082>085-091>093-160115-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1110 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING FROM
ST JAMES AND FAIRMONT ON NORTHEAST THROUGH FARIBAULT. IN ADDITION
TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE BRISK NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL. 

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-WIZ024>028-160115-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.060216T0600Z-060217T0600Z/
GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1110 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

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

SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING FROM
RED WING MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST THROUGH CORNELL...AND ON TO
EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE
BRISK NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE
HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL.

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.

$$
RJN

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 152042
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
242 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...POTENT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AND
BECOME HEAVY BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
SPREAD NORTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY FROM RED WING
TO EAU CLAIRE PRIOR TO DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG
NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL ON THURSDAY...RESULTING IN
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON THURSDAY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES.


MNZ077-082>085-091>093-160445-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.060216T0300Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
242 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING FROM
ST JAMES AND FAIRMONT ON NORTHEAST THROUGH FARIBAULT. IN ADDITION
TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE BRISK NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL.

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-WIZ024>028-160445-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.060216T0600Z-060217T0600Z/
GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
242 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING FROM
RED WING MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST THROUGH CORNELL...AND ON TO EAU
CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE
BRISK NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...
WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS A
WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL.

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.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 160437
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
854 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...POTENT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER...OR MOVE INTO FAR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LATEST INFORMATION SUGGESTS
THAT HEAVIER SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OVER MOST OF
THE AREA. AN INCH OR 2 OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS OF FAR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY
MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE ON THURSDAY.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL ON
THURSDAY...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON THURSDAY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES.

MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-161100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0001.060216T0900Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
854 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

ALTHOUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD OVER THE
AREA TONIGHT...HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF THURSDAY.

SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING FROM
ST JAMES AND FAIRMONT ON NORTHEAST THROUGH FARIBAULT...RED
WING...DURAND...AND EAU CLAIRE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE
WILL BE BRISK NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES. ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE
HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVEL.

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.

$$
JPR

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 161031
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
431 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRECEDE A SURGE OF ARCTIC
AIR AND GUSTY WINDS THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...

.SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
MORNING. THIS SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 INCHES AROUND LE CENTER...FARMINGTON AND
STILLWATER TO 8 INCHES NEAR ALBERT LEA. IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 INCHES AROUND
BALDWIN...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH TO 7 INCHES AT EAU CLAIRE.

NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION. TEMPERATURES
WILL BEGIN TO PLUMMET THIS EVENING AND GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH
WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

IN MINNESOTA...A WINTER STORM WARNING EXTENDS FROM THE IOWA BORDER
NORTH TO MANKATO...FARIBAULT AND RED WING. IN WISCONSIN...A WINTER
STORM WARNING INCLUDES ELLSWORTH...DURAND...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA
FALL AND STANLEY.

IN MINNESOTA...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FROM LE
CENTER TO FARMINGTON TO STILLWATER. IN WISCONSIN...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREAS AROUND BALDWIN...BARRON...RICE
LAKE AND LADYSMITH.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. ENSURE YOUR
VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON
TRAVEL.

MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-161845-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
431 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006

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

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

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING EXTENDS FROM THE IOWA
BORDER NORTH TO MANKATO...FARIBAULT AND RED WING. IN WISCONSIN...THIS
WARNING INCLUDES ELLSWORTH...DURAND...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALL
AND STANLEY.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THIS WARNING AREA THIS MORNING AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE
AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS AND FRIGID WIND CHILLS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS.

$$

MNZ063-069-070-076-WIZ015-016-023-161845-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.060216T1800Z-060217T0600Z/
WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
431 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...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. 

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FROM
LE CENTER TO FARMINGTON TO STILLWATER. IN WISCONSIN...THIS ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FROM BALDWIN TO BARRON...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THESE ADVISORY AREAS THEN INCREASE IN
INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH
GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TODAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES AT
MOST LOCATIONS.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 161033 CCA
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
431 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY WILL PRECEDE A SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR AND 
GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...

.SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
MORNING. THIS SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 INCHES AROUND LE CENTER...FARMINGTON AND
STILLWATER TO 8 INCHES NEAR ALBERT LEA. IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 INCHES AROUND
BALDWIN...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH TO 7 INCHES AT EAU CLAIRE.

NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION. TEMPERATURES
WILL BEGIN TO PLUMMET THIS EVENING AND GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH
WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

IN MINNESOTA...A WINTER STORM WARNING EXTENDS FROM THE IOWA BORDER
NORTH TO MANKATO...FARIBAULT AND RED WING. IN WISCONSIN...A WINTER
STORM WARNING INCLUDES ELLSWORTH...DURAND...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA
FALL AND STANLEY.

IN MINNESOTA...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FROM LE
CENTER TO FARMINGTON TO STILLWATER. IN WISCONSIN...A WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREAS AROUND BALDWIN...BARRON...RICE 
LAKE AND LADYSMITH.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. ENSURE YOUR
VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON
TRAVEL.

MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-161845-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
431 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006

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

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

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING EXTENDS FROM THE IOWA
BORDER NORTH TO MANKATO...FARIBAULT AND RED WING. IN WISCONSIN...THIS
WARNING INCLUDES ELLSWORTH...DURAND...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALL
AND STANLEY.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THIS WARNING AREA THIS MORNING AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE
AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS AND FRIGID WIND CHILLS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS.

$$

MNZ063-069-070-076-WIZ015-016-023-161845-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.060216T1800Z-060217T0600Z/
WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
431 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...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. 

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FROM
LE CENTER TO FARMINGTON TO STILLWATER. IN WISCONSIN...THIS ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FROM BALDWIN TO BARRON...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THESE ADVISORY AREAS THEN INCREASE IN
INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH
GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TODAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES AT
MOST LOCATIONS.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 161812
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1212 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS TRIMMED BACK TO JUST INCLUDE SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... 

.HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO SPREAD AS FAR NORTH AS AREAS SUCH
AS WASECA...ST. JAMES AND MANKATO. THUS THESE WARNING HAVE EITHER
BEEN CANCELLED OR REPLACED BY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO REACH 6 OR MORE
INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING IN PLACES SUCH AS ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...
EAU CLAIRE AND AREAS AROUND RED WING. SNOW TOTALS MAY REACH 2 TO 5
INCHES IN A BAND FROM BLUE EARTH TO WASECA TO FARIBAULT TO THE
LADYSMITH AREA OF WISCONSIN WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
PLACE.

NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO PLUMMET THIS EVENING AND GUSTS FROM
25 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. ENSURE YOUR
VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON
TRAVEL.

MNZ077-084-092-170215-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.060216T1800Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-WASECA-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...WASECA...BLUE EARTH
1212 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW TOTALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED SIX INCHES. THUS THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACE BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 2
TO 4 INCH SNOW TOTALS AS SNOW CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO PLUMMET THIS EVENING AND GUSTS FROM
25 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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.

$$

MNZ082-083-091-161915-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT
1212 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY AFTERNOON BRINGING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO
2 TO 3 INCHES.  

NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO PLUMMET THIS EVENING AND GUSTS FROM
25 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.

$$

MNZ069-076-161915-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
SCOTT-LE SUEUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR
1212 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY AFTERNOON BRINGING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO
1 TO 2 INCHES.

NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS
COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO
PLUMMET THIS EVENING AND GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN
SOME AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.


$$

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-170215-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0001.060216T1812Z-060217T0600Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1212 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

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

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING EXTENDS FROM ALBERT LEA 
THROUGH OWATONNA TO THE RED WING AREA. IN WISCONSIN... THIS
WARNING INCLUDES ELLSWORTH...DURAND...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS
AND STANLEY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. 

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TONIGHT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS AND FRIGID WIND CHILLS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS.

$$

MNZ063-070-WIZ015-016-023-170215-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
1212 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS SUCH AS
COTTAGE GROVE...FARMINGTON...FARIBAULT...WASECA AND BLUE EARTH. IN
WISCONSIN...THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM BALDWIN TO BARRON...
RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN MINNESOTA AND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD GENERALLY
BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.  DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO LIKELY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 162134
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
334 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL OVER SPREAD MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE
TONIGHT AS HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST AND
WESTERN WISCONSIN DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES DURING THE EVENING...

.JUST AS HEAVY SNOW WINDS DOWN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...BITTER ARCTIC AIR WILL OVER SPREAD MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PART OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ON NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. THE WINDS AND BITTER
COLD WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO DROP INTO A MINUS 25 TO
MINUS 38 RANGE.

SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PART OF WESTERN WISCONSIN
WHERE HEAVY SNOW FELL TODAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS
SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED EVEN AFTER THE SNOW RAPIDLY DECREASES TO
FLURRIES.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. ENSURE YOUR
VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON
TRAVEL.

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-170545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
334 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

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

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

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING EXTENDS FROM ALBERT LEA
THROUGH OWATONNA TO THE RED WING AREA. IN WISCONSIN... THIS
WARNING INCLUDES ELLSWORTH...DURAND...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS
AND STANLEY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS OF MINUS 20 TO MINUS 25 CAN BE EXPECTED
AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING SO CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL IF YOU ARE ABLE.



$$

MNZ063-070-WIZ015-016-023-170545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.060217T0600Z-060217T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
334 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

IN MINNESOTA...THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS SUCH
AS COTTAGE GROVE...FARMINGTON...FARIBAULT...WASECA AND BLUE
EARTH. IN WISCONSIN...THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM BALDWIN TO
BARRON... RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH.

SNOW WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING BUT NORTHERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PICK UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE
EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WIND CHILLS OF MINUS
25 TO MINUS 30 CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ041>045-047>062-064>069-073>076-WIZ014-170545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.060217T0600Z-060217T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE
334 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BITTER ARCTIC
AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 28 TO MINUS 38 LATE
TONIGHT. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ077-084-092-170545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-WASECA-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...WASECA...BLUE EARTH
334 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASING RAPIDLY BY EARLY THIS
EVENING...BUT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE 
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW...BITTER ARCTIC WILL
INVADE THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WHICH WILL MEAN WIND CHILL READINGS
OF MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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 170212
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
812 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...SNOW WINDING DOWN OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...BUT BITTER WIND CHILLS TO FOLLOW LATE TONIGHT...

.SNOW WAS ENDING OR DIMINISHING OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED UNTIL
AROUND MIDNIGHT. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELED.

HOWEVER...BITTER ARCTIC AIR IS POISED TO SPREAD MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE
TONIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUB
ZERO TEMPERATURES...TO DROP WIND CHILL READINGS INTO A MINUS 25
TO MINUS 38 RANGE.

ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU ARE
PLANNING ON TRAVEL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-170315-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
812 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND SOME MINOR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE ENCOUNTERED.

$$

MNZ063-070-WIZ015-016-023-171015-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.060217T0600Z-060217T1500Z/
WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
812 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL BELOW ZERO AFTER ABOUT 2 AM. EXPECT WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO
30 BELOW RANGE. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 


$$

MNZ077-084-092-170315-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/
RICE-WASECA-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...WASECA...BLUE EARTH
812 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 10 PM BUT NO
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. 

$$

MNZ041>045-047>062-064>069-073>076-WIZ014-171015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.060217T0600Z-060217T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE
812 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BITTER ARCTIC
AIR TO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF MINUS 28 TO MINUS 38 LATE
TONIGHT.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.


$$
JPR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

.DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF FLAG ISLAND THIS MORNING WITH A TROF
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO NEBRASKA. MILD PACIFIC AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE
TROF WITH TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE 30S AT CANBY. SOME
LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MN ATTM WITH MORE PRECIPITATION
REACHING THE GROUND WEST OF KABR. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY FOR
A TIME TODAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWA AS A BAND OF 700MB
FULL WIND FRONTOGENESIS...FROM THE NAM...SLIDES EASTWARD FROM SD.
-FN VECTOR DIVERGENCE IS MOST IMPRESSIVE BETWEEN 15 AND 21Z. NAM
290K THETA SURFACE SHOWS THE SATURATION AND ISENTROPIC OMEGA WELL.
PRECIP TYPE USING THE BUFKIT COBB DATA WOULD SAY SNOW WHICH CAN BE
BELIEVED FOR A TIME THIS MORNING...BUT THEN 1000-850MB THICKNESS
VALUES WOULD SUGGEST SOME RAIN OVER THE WESTERN CWA BY MID MORNING
AND EASTERN AREAS BY AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS
OVER THE FA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS FORECAST. NEXT
BIG CONCERN DEALS WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING SOUTH OF HERE
ON THURSDAY. THE 00Z GFS HAS TAKEN A HARD LEFT TURN ON THE TRACK OF
THE SURFACE LOW AND IS ABOUT 8MB DEEPER THAN THE PREVIOUS 18Z AND
12Z RUNS. THIS DEVIATION NOT SEEN IN THE 00Z NAM...CANADIAN...ECMWF
OR UKMET. 06Z NAM STILL IN LINE WITH THE 00Z RUN AND WOULD SUGGEST
SNOW OVER SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MN AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WI ON
THURSDAY. THIS GOES ALONG WELL WITH THE CURRENT GRIDS. BASICALLY
KEPT POPS FOR THURSDAY IN TACT...JUST RAISED THEM TO LIKELY IN THE
TWIN CITIES BY AFTERNOON AND CATEGORICAL OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN CWA. IF THE NAM MID LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE AND FORCING
HOLD...COULD SEE AROUND 5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM FAIRMONT TO EAU CLAIRE
DROPPING BACK TO TRACE AMOUNTS OVER THE NW CWA. COLLABORATION
YIELDED HOLDING OFF ON A WINTER STORM WATCH ATTM.

LONGER TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
MAINLY A COLD AND DRY PERIOD. MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE LONGTERM
MODELS. GFS MODEL APPEARS TO BE THE MODEL OF CHOICE. LONG WAVE UPPER
RIDGE CONT TO BUILD FROM THE PACIFIC INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA DURING
THE PERIOD. OVERALL LONG TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD A
PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN OVER NORTH AMERICA WITH ARCTIC AIR
SLOWLY BECOMING MODIFY THEN INVADING THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE
NATION BY TUESDAY MORNING. 1000-500 MB THICKNESS FIELDS BETWEEN 492
AND 504 OCCURRING DURING THE PERIOD FRIDAY THRU SATURDAY...EXPECT
MIN TEMPERATURES ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF CWA. MAX TEMPS
MAINLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS EXCEPT IN THE FAR SOUTH.

&&

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

&&

RAH/JVM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
629 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
151230-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-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-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
629 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON
EASTWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONLY A LIGHT ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING.
AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR TO THE WEST OF THE TWIN
CITIES TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN CHANGE
TO LIGHT RAIN BY LATE IN THE MORNING. SLICK SPOTS ARE POSSIBLE ON
UNTREATED HIGHWAYS EARLY THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION ON
THURSDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION APPEAR LIKELY ON
THURSDAY FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO LADYSMITH
WISCONSIN AND POINTS SOUTHWARD. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STILL IN DOUBT...AND THE LOCATION OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED COULD CHANGE. THEREFORE...CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON THIS
POSSIBLE WINTER STORM.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ON THURSDAY...ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW IN
BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
THE WEEKEND. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY BOTH FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY MORNING ALONG WITH A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND. WIND CHILL
READINGS IN THE MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREE RANGE ARE LIKELY ACROSS
THE REGION BOTH MORNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.