Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod 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, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan 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

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 120450
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1050 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...

.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE
IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE IS POSSIBLE OVER
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW
SUNDAY NIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY
EVENING AND THEN START TO DECREASE SLOWLY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 
THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL PASS
JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THERE IS
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW MAY FALL OVER A BIT WIDER AREA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD
FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND
LADYSMITH IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH COULD
SEE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE BY MIDDAY MONDAY.

MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
121300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-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-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1050 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

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

THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS
THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
AREAS OF MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE IN THE
DAY ON SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY FALL SUNDAY
EVENING AND DECREASE SLOWLY IN INTENSITY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL PASS
JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. LOCATIONS
IN THE WATCH COULD SEE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE
BY MIDDAY MONDAY.

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

$$
JPR

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 121005
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
405 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...LATE WINTER STORM WILL HAMMER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...

.HEAVY SNOW WILL OVER SPREAD MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY
THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AS A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES PUSHES NORTHEAST TO
SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 6 AM CST MONDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...A
HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AN EXPECTED SNOWFALL OF 6
TO 9 INCHES FROM REDWOOD FALLS EASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES TO LADYSMITH.

FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND
RAIN WILL CUT DOWN ON FINAL SNOW TOTALS SO A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS IS POSTED FOR THIS PART OF THE STATE. 

FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MONTEVIDEO THROUGH SAINT CLOUD TO MORA...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS TO LITTLE FALLS...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR
TONIGHT FOR EXPECTED SNOWFALL FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS
ARCTIC AIR PUSHES SOUTHWARD FROM CANADA BEHIND THE ADVANCING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY
OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND OVER EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND DAWN MONDAY.

MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>078-082-083-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-
121815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.060313T0000Z-060313T1200Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-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...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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
405 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...

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

SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT FROM REDWOOD
FALLS AND NEW ULM EASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES TO LADYSMITH
WISCONSIN. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP IN
OPEN COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ051-052-058-059-064-121815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.060313T0000Z-060313T1200Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS
405 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR PART OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING GRANITE FALLS...LITCHFIELD...ELK
RIVER AND CAMBRIDGE. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP
IN OPEN COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ084-085-091>093-WIZ026-028-121815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.060313T0000Z-060313T1200Z/
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
405 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM 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 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR A TIME LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING
ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET HEAVY
SNOW IS EXPECTED 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.

$$

MNZ043>045-049-050-054>057-121815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.060313T0000Z-060313T1200Z/
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
405 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE
THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY
AREA INCLUDE MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...ST. CLOUD...PRINCETON AND
MORA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP IN OPEN
COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT.

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.

$$
WET

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
412 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

.DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
SURFACE WEATHER MAP SHOWS A WELL DEFINED INVERTED TROUGH FROM
EASTERN KS NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ALTHOUGH A FEW
CONVECTIVE BANDS HAVE MANAGED TO PUSH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING...THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHIELD HAS REMAINED WEST OF THE INVERTED TROUGH
AXIS (I.E. EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA)...AS HAS MOST OF THE LIGHTNING
ACTIVITY. THIS MAKES A GOOD DEAL OF SENSE AS THE INITIALIZED 06Z
80 KM NAM SHOWED AN IMPRESSIVE BAND OF 2-D (700 MB) FRONTOGENESIS
NEAR KHON...WITH LITTLE FORCING FURTHER EAST.

THROUGH ABOUT 16Z...A SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ORIENTED
VERTICAL CROSS SECTION (40 KM NAM) SHOWS A STRONG BURST OF OMEGA
WITH AN ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION BRANCH FROM
THE BOUNDARY LAYER THROUGH 350 MB (BASIS: THE 00Z SAT RUN).
SPECIFIC HUMIDITY VALUES BY 15Z INCREASE TO NEAR 6 GM/KG AND A DEEP
LAYER (250 MB) OF NEGATIVE EPV DEVELOPS BETWEEN 800 MB AND 550 MB
WHICH SUGGESTS A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS SO WE MAINTAINED MID TO
HIGH RANGED POPS OVER MUCH OF OUR CWA THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL LIKELY DECREASE SHARPLY THIS AFTERNOON AS VERTICAL
CIRCULATION ON THE CROSS SECTION DAMPS OUT.

LOOKING OUT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...THE NEXT SYSTEM LOOKS
RADICALLY DIFFERENT ON THE NAM COMPARED TO THE GFS. THE GFS WOULD
BRING IN A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA WHILE THE
NAM TAKES THIS POTENTIAL MUCH FURTHER SOUTH WITH ONLY SOUTHERN
TIER COUNTIES NEAR IOWA RECEIVING MUCH SNOWFALL. WE STEERED MIDDLE
GROUND WITH A COMPROMISE SOLUTION BETWEEN THE GFS AND NAM WHICH
SURROUNDING OFFICES DID TOO AS REFLECTED IN OUR SNOW GRIDS.
HEADLINES WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL CONFIDENCE IN MODEL RUNS
INCREASES FURTHER.

LONGER TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE THE DOMINANT PATTERN ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST. THE UPPER LEVEL JET IS FORECAST BY THE GFSLR MODEL TO
REMAIN SOUTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA. EXPECT TO BE IN A COLDER REGIME
WITH GFSLR MODEL 850 MB TEMPERATURES AROUND MINUS 10 TO MINUS 15.
THE NEW 00Z GFSLR MODEL IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM THAT IT SHOWS MOVING OVER SOUTHERN IOWA WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FORECAST PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN LOW
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD BUT A 100 METER 500 MB HIGHT FALL CENTER IS
FORECAST TO PASS JUST TO OUR SOUTH. WILL STAY THE COURSE WITH A
SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW WEDNESDAY AND EXTEND IT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
921 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-121200-
ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-
DOUGLAS-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-
KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-
RENVILLE-RICE-RUSK-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE-
STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
921 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MIDDAY
AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A BAND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
TO SET UP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA. WHILE SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN
THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...THE BEST GUESS FOR THE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW WOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO
EAU CLAIRE. THESE AREAS MAY END UP WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY
DAYBREAK MONDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR MUCH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM PASSES OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES LATE WEDNESDAY AND REACHES
CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

RAH