Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 150300
WSWMPX

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

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...IS FORECAST TO
GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK OVER CENTRAL IOWA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD
BRING MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. 

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS
FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED FROM THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA...SOUTH TO ALBERT LEA AND EAST TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.

MNZ057>063-065>070-075>078-083>085-093-WIZ023>028-151100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.060316T0000Z-060317T0000Z/
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
900 PM CST TUE MAR 14 2006

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

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

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY
EXCEED 6 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS
WATCH AREA INCLUDE WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...THE TWIN CITIES METRO...
RED WING...MANKATO...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...AND EAU CLAIRE.

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 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

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

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

.DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS THE SNOW POTENTIAL FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TAKING A LOOK AT DPROG/DT FOR GFS DURING
THAT TIME FRAME...IT HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PLACEMENT
OF SURFACE/850 MB LOW AND QPF FIELDS. NAM HAS BEEN SHIFTING FORCING
A LITTLE FARTHER N. BUT..A COMPARISON BETWEEN NAM AND GFS BEST MID
LEVEL TEMP GRADIENTS AND 850 MB THETA ADVECTION SHOWS VERY SIMILAR
PLACEMENT...GENERALLY IN A BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MN.
WITH 2-3 G/KG ON THE 285-290 ISENTROPIC SURFACES..WILL RAISE POPS
INTO LIKELY CATEGORY...AND ALSO SHIFT A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH.
CANADIAN VERY SIMILAR TO GFS QPF FIELDS AS WELL. IN THE VERY SHORT
TERM...BAND OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SHOWING UP ON BIS RADAR. 06Z
RUC SHOWING  SMALL BUT FAIRLY WELL DEFINED AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT
IN THIS AREA AND IT DOES CARRY INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MN THIS
MORNING..BUT UPGLIDE DOES WEAKEN. MAY ADD SOME FLURRIES WITH THIS.
OTHERWISE RIDGE BUILDING IN TONIGHT AND TEMPS SHOULD DROP FAIRLY
WELL. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE BELOW GUIDANCE TRENDS OVER THE FRESH
SNOW.

LONGER TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE 00Z GFS MODEL CONTINUES TO SHOW RIDGING OVER OUR FORECAST AREA
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HAVE TRIMMED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE
DURING THIS PERIOD DUE TO NEW SNOW COVER. A DEEP CLOSED LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM FORECAST OVER THE WESTERN U.S. IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES LATE THIS WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET
FORECAST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS AN
INDICATION THAT IT WILL STRENGTHEN AND ITS EASTWARD PROGRESS WILL BE
SLOW. DPROG/DT OF THE GFS MODEL FOR 00Z TUE SUPPORTS THIS SCENARIO.
A MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA IS TRENDING TO BE FURTHER
WEST WITH THE PAST FEW MODEL RUNS. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER IS
ALSO FORECAST TO HAVE A GREATER INFLUENCE FOR OUR FORECAST AREA.
DRY EASTERLY FLOW OUT OF THIS HIGH PRESSURE CENTER...LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES...SHOULD DELAY THE POTENTIAL ONSET OF
PRECIPITATION. THE CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO HOLD OFF UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

&&

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

JPR/WH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
549 AM CST TUE MAR 14 2006

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
151200-
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-
549 AM CST TUE MAR 14 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MORE SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...ACROSS PARTS
OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AS A LOW
PRESSURE CENTER TRACKS ACROSS IOWA. THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO THE TWIN
CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. STAY TUNED FOR ANY UPDATES ON
THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

JPR