Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this blizzard warning at Feb 28, 2007, 4:30 AM CST for Carlton County, Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 28, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2007, 4:30 AM CST (10:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 11:47 AM CST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Carlton County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:44 AM CST | SNOW 1 | N Cotton, MN | |
| Mar 1, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 8 Nw Palmers, MN | |
| Mar 1, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 1 N Duluth, MN | |
| Mar 1, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 N Arnold, MN | |
| Mar 1, 9:38 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | N Maple, WI | |
| Mar 1, 10:07 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | 4 Ene Island Lake, MN | |
| Mar 1, 10:09 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Moose Junction, WI | |
| Mar 1, 10:09 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | N Bennett, WI | |
| Mar 1, 10:44 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 12 E Solon Springs, WI | |
| Mar 1, 11:10 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 7 Nnw Duluth, MN | |
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Silver Bay, MN | |
| Mar 1, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Maple, WI | |
| Mar 1, 5:22 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Little Marais, MN | 2 INCHES NEW SNOW, DEPTH 8, VISIBILITY 500 FT |
| Mar 1, 5:25 PM CST | SNOW 8.2 | 7 Nw Two Harbors, MN | 8.2 TOTAL, DEPTH 26 INCHES |
| Mar 1, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ne Solon Springs, WI | TOTAL SINCE 345PM |
| Mar 1, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 18 N Duluth, MN | SNOW DEPTH 20 |
| Mar 1, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Se Superior, WI | 10 TO 12 INCH STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 1, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Se Superior, WI | 10 TO 12 INCH STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 1, 7:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Maple, WI | 6 INCH STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Duluth, MN | PEAK GUST 56 MPH WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT AND NWS OFFICE. |
| Mar 1, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ne Solon Springs, WI | 3.0 SINCE 530PM, 12.0 STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 1, 11:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Moose Lake, MN | 3.0 SINCE 700PM. 10.0 STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 2, 6:35 AM CST | SNOW 13 | Maple, WI | |
| Mar 2, 6:49 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Cotton, MN | 10.0 STORM TOTAL, 17.0 SNOW DEPTH |
| Mar 2, 6:55 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Silver Bay, MN | 14.0 STORM TOTAL, 51 MPH WIND GUST |
| Mar 2, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Babbitt, MN | 5.0 STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 2, 7:12 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Embarrass, MN | 4.5 STORM TOTAL, 14.0 SNOW DEPTH |
| Mar 2, 7:32 AM CST | SNOW 17.4 | 7 Nw Two Harbors, MN | SNOW DEPTH 32 INCHES |
| Mar 2, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 13 | 10 S Superior, WI | 10.0 STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 2, 8:05 AM CST | SNOW 25 | 1 Se Finland, MN | AT WOLF RIDGE |
| Mar 2, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 12 | 1 N Island Lake, MN | 1.05 INCH WATER EQUIVALENT |
| Mar 2, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Solon Springs, WI | |
| Mar 2, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 17.5 | 18 N Duluth, MN | |
| Mar 2, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 16 | Beaver Bay, MN | 16-20 FEET OF ICE PILED UP ON LAKE SHORE |
| Mar 2, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 20 | Esko, MN | |
| Mar 2, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ne Forest Center, MN | |
| Mar 2, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 8 | N Virginia, MN | |
| Mar 2, 10:55 AM CST | SNOW 12 | 10 S Floodwood, MN | |
| Mar 2, 11:05 AM CST | SNOW 20 | 5 N Cloquet, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KDLH 281030 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 430 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM HEADED FOR THE NORTHLAND... .ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND LATE TODAY IN THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...AND SPREADING OVER THE ENTIRE REGION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ020-037-WIZ001-281830- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 430 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY OUT OF THE EAST. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE VERY STRONG WIND...COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DULUTH...CLOQUET AND SUPERIOR. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DURING THIS TIME. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW INTENSITY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND 30 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-026-281830- /O.UPG.KDLH.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN ITASCA- 430 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING...ITASCA...AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT TRAVEL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PARALYZE TRAVEL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. BE SURE TO MONITOR FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ025-033>036-281830- /O.EXT.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN- 430 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS CASS...CROW WING...AND AITKIN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LULL IN SNOW INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN BECOME HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-019-021-281830- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 430 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE ARROWHEAD AND NORTH SHORE OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR FROM DULUTH THROUGH PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW INTENSITY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 22 INCHES...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 30 INCHES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. LOCATIONS FARTHER INLAND ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD REGION WILL LIKELY SEE LOWER TOTALS OF AROUND ONE FOOT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...WITH NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-281830- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 430 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE ARROWHEAD AND NORTH SHORE OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR FROM DULUTH THROUGH PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW INTENSITY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 22 INCHES...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 30 INCHES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. LOCATIONS FARTHER INLAND ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD REGION WILL LIKELY SEE SOMEWHAT LOWER TOTALS OF AROUND ONE FOOT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...WITH NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-281830- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 430 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING...ITASCA...AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT TRAVEL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PARALYZE TRAVEL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. BE SURE TO MONITOR FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM. $$ GRANING
14 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDLH 281049 CCA WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 435 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM WITH STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHLAND... .ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND LATE TODAY IN THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...AND SPREADING OVER THE ENTIRE REGION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ020-037-WIZ001-281845- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.COR.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 435 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE VERY STRONG WIND...COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DULUTH...CLOQUET...AND SUPERIOR. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. THERE MAY BE BREAKS IN THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 30 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-026-281845- /O.UPG.KDLH.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.COR.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN ITASCA- 435 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING...ITASCA...AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ025-033>036-281845- /O.COR.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN- 435 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS CASS...CROW WING...AND AITKIN COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW...BEFORE PICKING UP AGAIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-019-021-281845- /O.COR.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 435 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE ARROWHEAD AND NORTH SHORE OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR FROM DULUTH THROUGH PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY...AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 22 INCHES...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 30 INCHES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. LOCATIONS FARTHER INLAND ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD REGION WILL LIKELY SEE LOWER TOTALS OF AROUND ONE FOOT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...WITH NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-281845- /O.COR.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 435 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE ARROWHEAD AND NORTH SHORE OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR FROM DULUTH THROUGH PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 22 INCHES...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 30 INCHES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. LOCATIONS FARTHER INLAND ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD REGION WILL LIKELY SEE SOMEWHAT LOWER TOTALS OF AROUND ONE FOOT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...WITH NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-281845- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 435 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING...ITASCA...AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT TRAVEL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PARALYZE TRAVEL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. BE SURE TO MONITOR FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM. $$ GRANING
000 WWUS43 KDLH 281509 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 909 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM WITH STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHLAND... .ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND LATE TODAY IN THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...AND SPREADING OVER THE ENTIRE REGION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ020-282230- /O.NEW.KDLH.LE.W.0004.070228T1509Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0600Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- 909 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW COMING OFF OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED AROUND 6 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY AROUND FINLAND...BEAVER BAY AND SILVER BAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT...AS WINDS BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE VERY STRONG WIND... COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DULUTH... CLOQUET...AND SUPERIOR. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. THERE MAY BE BREAKS IN THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 30 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST DRIVE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY...AND LET SOMEONE KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ MNZ037-WIZ001-282230- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 909 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE VERY STRONG WIND... COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DULUTH... CLOQUET...AND SUPERIOR. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. THERE MAY BE BREAKS IN THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 30 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-282230- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 909 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING...ITASCA...AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-019-021-282230- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 909 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE ARROWHEAD AND NORTH SHORE OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR FROM DULUTH THROUGH PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY...AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 22 INCHES...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 30 INCHES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. LOCATIONS FARTHER INLAND ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD REGION WILL LIKELY SEE LOWER TOTALS OF AROUND ONE FOOT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...WITH NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-282230- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 909 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL START ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR FROM DULUTH THROUGH PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY AGAIN THURSDAY...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 18 TO 22 INCHES...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...WITH NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-282230- /O.EXT.KDLH.WS.A.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 909 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING...ITASCA...AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT TRAVEL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PARALYZE TRAVEL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. BE SURE TO MONITOR FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS43 KDLH 281958 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM WITH STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHLAND... .ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ020-010430- /O.CAN.KDLH.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0600Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- 158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE SNOW OFF OF LAKE SUPERIOR HAS DIMINISHED THIS AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE LAKE SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT...AS WINDS BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING NEARLY 2 FEET. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. THE VERY STRONG WIND... COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DOWN TO DULUTH. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ037-WIZ001-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH BY THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE VERY STRONG WIND... COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DULUTH... CLOQUET...AND SUPERIOR. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-019-021-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATER THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS THE HIBBING...EMBARRASS...BASSWOOD LAKE AREAS...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...BUT BE HEAVIEST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS NEARING 2 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE INCREASING WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR COULD SEE WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...AND ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-010430- /O.UPG.KDLH.WS.A.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.070301T0300Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 158 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS LIKE GEMMELL AND NORTHOME WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS43 KDLH 282141 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM WITH STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHLAND... .ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ012-021-010430- /O.EXT.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0600Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATER THIS EVENING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS THE BASSWOOD LAKE AREA...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...BUT BE HEAVIEST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ037-WIZ001-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH BY THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE VERY STRONG WIND...COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DULUTH...CLOQUET...AND SUPERIOR. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ020-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0600Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST AS WELL OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING AROUND 2 FEET. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. THE VERY STRONG WIND... COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DOWN TO DULUTH. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR TIME. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATE THIS EVENING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS THE HIBBING...COOK AND EMBARRASS AREAS...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...BUT BE HEAVIEST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH A FEW LOCATIONS NEARING 2 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... WILL BE INCREASING WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR COULD SEE WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...AND ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-010430- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.070301T0300Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS LIKE GEMMELL AND NORTHOME WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS43 KDLH 010332 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM WITH STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHLAND... .ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ037-WIZ001-011030- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH BY THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE VERY STRONG WIND...COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DULUTH...CLOQUET...AND SUPERIOR. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ020-011030- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.070301T0600Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE EAST AS WELL OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING AROUND 2 FEET. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. THE VERY STRONG WIND... COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM SILVER BAY...TO TWO HARBORS...DOWN TO DULUTH. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR TIME. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-011030- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-011030- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS THE HIBBING...COOK AND EMBARRASS AREAS...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...BUT BE HEAVIEST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-011030- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH A FEW LOCATIONS NEARING 2 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... WILL BE INCREASING WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR COULD SEE WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...AND ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-021-011030- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.070301T0600Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATER THIS EVENING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS THE BASSWOOD LAKE AREA...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EXPECT SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...BUT BE HEAVIEST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-011030- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS LIKE GEMMELL AND NORTHOME WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDLH 011032 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM HITS THE NORTHLAND... .THE SECOND POWERFUL WINTER STORM IN A WEEK WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THROUGH THE DAY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE FOUND NEAR THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ037-WIZ001-011845- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPERING OFF BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EVEN WHEN THE SNOWFALL BECOMES LIGHT AT TIMES...STRONG WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE CLOQUET...DULUTH...AND SUPERIOR AREA THIS EVENING...BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP IN THE DULUTH METRO AREA THIS EVENING AS THE HEAVY SNOW MOVES IN. BY MIDNIGHT...TRAVEL IN THE TWIN PORTS IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ020-011845- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE SNOW MAY LIGHTEN AND BECOME ON AND OFF THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EVEN WHEN THE SNOWFALL BECOMES LIGHT AT TIMES...STRONG WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE NORTH SHORE AREA OF TWO HARBORS TO SILVER BAY THIS EVENING...BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH SHORE THIS EVENING AS THE HEAVY SNOW MOVES IN. BY MIDNIGHT...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-011845- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. THE SNOW MAY LIGHTEN AND BECOME ON AND OFF BRIEFLY MID-DAY. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PINE RIVER TO BRAINERD...AITKIN...AND HINCKLEY CAN EXPECT THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH...REACHING LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST...TO GRAND RAPIDS BY 10 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-011845- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY WITH GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT OR END BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HIBBING TO ELY BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM...SPREADING NORTH TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS THE HIBBING...COOK AND EMBARRASS AREAS...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-011845- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. THE SNOW MAY LIGHTEN AND BECOME ON AND OFF BRIEFLY MID-DAY. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION LATE TODAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HINCKLEY TO HAYWARD CAN EXPECT THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH...REACHING LOCATIONS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR FROM BAYFIELD TO HURLEY...BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-021-011845- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY WITH GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT OR END BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR..AND LESSER AMOUNTS INLAND. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-011845- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 432 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS LIKE GEMMELL AND NORTHOME WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ GRANING
000 WWUS43 KDLH 011043 CCA WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM HITS THE NORTHLAND... .THE SECOND POWERFUL WINTER STORM IN A WEEK WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THROUGH THE DAY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE FOUND NEAR THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ037-WIZ001-011900- /O.COR.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EVEN WHEN THE SNOWFALL BECOMES LIGHT AT TIMES...STRONG WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE CLOQUET...DULUTH...AND SUPERIOR AREA THIS EVENING...BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP IN THE DULUTH METRO AREA THIS EVENING AS THE HEAVY SNOW MOVES IN. BY MIDNIGHT...TRAVEL IN THE TWIN PORTS IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ020-011900- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE SNOW MAY LIGHTEN AND BECOME ON AND OFF THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EVEN WHEN THE SNOWFALL BECOMES LIGHT AT TIMES...STRONG WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE NORTH SHORE AREA OF TWO HARBORS TO SILVER BAY THIS EVENING...BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH SHORE THIS EVENING AS THE HEAVY SNOW MOVES IN. BY MIDNIGHT...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-011900- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. THE SNOW MAY LIGHTEN AND BECOME ON AND OFF BRIEFLY MID-DAY. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PINE RIVER TO BRAINERD...AITKIN...AND HINCKLEY CAN EXPECT THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH...REACHING LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST...TO GRAND RAPIDS BY 10 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-011900- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY WITH GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT OR END BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HIBBING TO ELY BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM...SPREADING NORTH TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM A FOOT ACROSS THE HIBBING...COOK AND EMBARRASS AREAS...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-011900- /O.COR.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. THE SNOW MAY LIGHTEN AND BECOME ON AND OFF BRIEFLY AROUND MID-DAY. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION LATE TODAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HINCKLEY TO HAYWARD CAN EXPECT THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH...REACHING LOCATIONS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR FROM BAYFIELD TO HURLEY...BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 18 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-021-011900- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY WITH GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT OR END BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR..AND LESSER AMOUNTS INLAND. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-011900- /O.COR.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 441 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS LIKE GEMMELL AND NORTHOME WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ GRANING
000 WWUS43 KDLH 011422 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 822 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM HITS THE NORTHLAND... .THE SECOND POWERFUL WINTER STORM IN A WEEK WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THROUGH THE DAY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...WITH CONTINUED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE FOUND NEAR THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ020-037-WIZ001-012200- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 822 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE TWIN PORTS AND TWO HARBORS AREAS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EVEN IF THE SNOWFALL BECOMES LIGHT AT TIMES...STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE CLOQUET...DULUTH...SUPERIOR...TWO HARBORS...MOOSE LAKE...AND SOLON SPRINGS AREAS THIS EVENING...BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS CARLTON...DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES THIS EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-012200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 822 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF EVEN HEAVIER SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PINE RIVER TO BRAINERD...AITKIN...AND HINCKLEY CAN EXPECT THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH...REACHING LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST...TO GRAND RAPIDS BY 10 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT AROUND AITKIN AND MCGRATH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-012200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 822 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY LIGHTER THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HIBBING TO ELY BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM...SPREADING NORTH TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIBBING...COOK AND EMBARRASS AREAS...TO 15 TO 20 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR AROUND ISLAND LAKE...BOULDER LAKE...FISH LAKE AND SAGINAW. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ002>004-006>009-012200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 822 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. AREAS SUCH AS HURLEY...PARK FALLS AND MERCER WILL SEE THE LIGHTER AMOUNTS TODAY. THE SNOW MAY LIGHTEN AND BECOME ON AND OFF BRIEFLY AROUND MID-DAY...AND MAINLY TOWARD PHILLIPS AND PARK FALLS. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION LATE TODAY INTO THE EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HINCKLEY TO HAYWARD CAN EXPECT THE NEXT SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH...REACHING LOCATIONS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR FROM BAYFIELD TO HURLEY...BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES. GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WHERE GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO CAUSE NEAR WHITE-0UT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-021-012200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 822 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR..AND LESSER AMOUNTS INLAND. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE WIND WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-012200- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 822 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS LIKE GEMMELL AND NORTHOME WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS43 KDLH 011921 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM HITS THE NORTHLAND... .THE SECOND POWERFUL WINTER STORM IN A WEEK WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE FOUND NEAR THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. WIZ002>004-012300- /O.EXT.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- 121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL VARY ACROSS ASHLAND...IRON AND BAYFIELD COUNTIES WITH THE MOST IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELT. ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE SNOWBELT REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WHICH MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES NEAR THE LAKE. TRAVEL ACROSS ASHLAND...BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ020-037-WIZ001-012300- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE TWIN PORTS AND TWO HARBORS AREAS...AS WINDS GUST AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AGAIN...MAINLY FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL FROM THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FRIDAY. THIS COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-012300- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH 5 PM...AND ANOTHER 5 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AT TIMES. A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BEFORE IT DIMINISHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-012300- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH 6 TO NEARLY 14 INCHES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR BRIMSON...FAIRBANKS...AND COTTON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-021-038-WIZ006>009-012300- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-PINE-BURNETT- WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY BY LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER PINE AND BURNETT COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF BURNETT...WASHBURN...AND PINE COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-012300- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 121 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR ELY...AND TAPER OFF TOWARD INTERNATIONAL FALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE GUSTY WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS43 KDLH 011950 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM HITS THE NORTHLAND... .THE SECOND POWERFUL WINTER STORM IN A WEEK WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE FOUND NEAR THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ020-037-WIZ001-020400- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE TWIN PORTS AND TWO HARBORS AREAS...AS WINDS GUST AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AGAIN...MAINLY FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL FROM THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FRIDAY. THIS COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-020400- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH 5 PM...AND ANOTHER 5 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AT TIMES. A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BEFORE IT DIMINISHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-020400- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH 6 TO NEARLY 14 INCHES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR BRIMSON...FAIRBANKS...AND COTTON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ002>004-020400- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL VARY ACROSS ASHLAND...IRON AND BAYFIELD COUNTIES WITH THE MOST IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELT. ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE SNOWBELT REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WHICH MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES NEAR THE LAKE. TRAVEL ACROSS ASHLAND...BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ006>009-020400- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY BY LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER PINE AND BURNETT COUNTIES...WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT TOWARD PRICE AND SOUTHEAST SAWYER COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF BURNETT...WASHBURN...AND PINE COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-021-020400- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE MOST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. AN ADDITION 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE MOVING NORTH INTO THE BASSWOOD LAKE...GRAND MARAIS AND HOVLAND AREAS BY EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-020400- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR ELY...AND TAPER OFF TOWARD INTERNATIONAL FALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE GUSTY WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS43 KDLH 012140 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM HITS THE NORTHLAND... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PARALYZE TRAVEL IN SPOTS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE FOUND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...MAINLY FROM TWO HARBORS...TO THE TWIN PORTS OVER TO DEVILS ISLAND TONIGHT. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW SO THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME COVERED FROM THE NEXT STORM. MNZ020-037-WIZ001-020430- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE TWIN PORTS...CLOQUET AND TWO HARBORS AREAS...AS WINDS GUST AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION FRIDAY. THIS COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FRIDAY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-020430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT OF 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FAR NORTHERN ITASCA COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AT TIMES. A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BEFORE IT DIMINISHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ019-020430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY BE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE 6 TO 12 INCHES. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NEAR BRIMSON...FAIRBANKS...AND COTTON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ002>004-020430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A RUMBLE OF THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL VARY ACROSS ASHLAND...IRON AND BAYFIELD COUNTIES WITH THE MOST IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELT. ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE SNOWBELT REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WHICH MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES NEAR THE LAKE. TRAVEL ACROSS ASHLAND...BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SPOTS. THE CITY OF ASHLAND AND ASHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE CLOSED A SECTION U.S. HIGHWAY 2 ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR...JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ006>009-020430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SAWYER AND PRICE COUNTIES. A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING OVER PINE AND BURNETT COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 3 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING OVER PINE AND BURNETT COUNTIES...AND THE LEAST AMOUNT TOWARD PRICE AND SOUTHEAST SAWYER COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF BURNETT...WASHBURN...AND PINE COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ012-021-020430- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MOST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. AN ADDITION 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE MOVING NORTH INTO THE BASSWOOD LAKE...GRAND MARAIS AND HOVLAND AREAS BY EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ010-011-020430- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 340 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES ON FRIDAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR ELY...AND TAPER OFF TOWARD INTERNATIONAL FALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE GUSTY WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS43 KDLH 020358 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM POUNDS THE NORTHLAND... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL LIFT ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...REACHING GREEN BAY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM TRACK WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND THROUGH FRIDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN MANY AREAS. BLIZZARD AND CONDITIONS...WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL PERSIST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING...MAKING SOME ROADS IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS...WILL BE FOUND MAINLY FROM TWO HARBORS...TO THE TWIN PORTS...OVER TO DEVILS ISLAND. LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE CAN ALSO EXPECT THE ICE ON LAKE SUPERIOR TO PILE ALONG THE SHORE LINE INTO MOUNDS AROUND 25 FEET HIGH. EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW. MNZ020-037-WIZ001-021200- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH DAY BREAK AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE AREAS OF TWO HARBORS...CLOQUET...HERMANTOWN...AND SUPERIOR. DULUTH POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE CLOSED THE DULUTH AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE TO ALL TRAFFIC. ACCESS TO PARK POINT IS CLOSED. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THE TWINS PORTS AREA DUE TO HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...HEAVY SNOW...AS WELL AS A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES...WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING HAS MADE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE NORTH SHORE AND TWIN PORTS REGION. LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE CAN ALSO EXPECT THE ICE ON LAKE SUPERIOR TO PILE ALONG THE SHORELINE CREATING MOUNDS OF 25 FEET HIGH. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...FINALLY TAPERING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH 8 AM. OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ON FRIDAY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-021200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. AS OF 7 PM...SNOW SPOTTERS NEAR LEADER...PEQUOT LAKES...BRAINERD...AND PILLAGER WERE REPORTING STORM TOTALS SO FAR OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN ITASCA COUNTY. A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BEFORE IT DIMINISHES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS. $$ MNZ019-021200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HIBBING...TO VIRGINIA...AND EMBARRASS. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE FOUND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE AREAS OF ISLAND LAKE...TO BRIMSON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BEFORE IT DIMINISHES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS. $$ WIZ002>004-021200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH 8 AM. WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES TO NEAR 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE CITY OF ASHLAND AND ASHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE CLOSED A SECTION U.S. HIGHWAY 2 ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR...JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND. TRAVEL ACROSS ASHLAND...BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES IS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SPOTS. OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ON FRIDAY. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND IN THE SNOWBELT REGION OF THE SOUTH SHORE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING HAS MADE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE NORTH SHORE AND TWIN PORTS REGION. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...FINALLY DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS. $$ MNZ038-WIZ006>009-021200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR...TO THE HAYWARD LAKES AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH A POSSIBLE RUMBLE OF THUNDER. AS OF 8 PM...SNOW SPOTTERS NEAR HINCKLEY...PINE CITY...AND HAYWARD REPORTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR OF 9 TO 12 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS SAWYER AND PRICE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING OVER PINE AND BURNETT COUNTIES...AND THE LEAST AMOUNTS TOWARD PRICE AND SOUTHEAST SAWYER COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATING NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF PINE...AND BURNETT COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. $$ MNZ012-021-021200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 INCHES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE AREAS OF ISABELLA TO EAGLE MOUNTAIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BEFORE IT DIMINISHES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS. $$ MNZ010-011-021200- /O.CON.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES ON FRIDAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR ELY...AND TAPER OFF TOWARD INTERNATIONAL FALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE GUSTY WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ GRANING
000 WWUS43 KDLH 021042 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM POUNDS THE NORTHLAND... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WILL PUSH OVER GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM TRACK HAS BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE PEAK OF THE STORM HAS PASSED...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...MAKING ROADS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS. LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE CAN ALSO EXPECT THE ICE ON LAKE SUPERIOR TO PILE ALONG THE SHORE LINE INTO MOUNDS AROUND 25 FEET HIGH. EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW. MNZ020-037-WIZ001-021930- /O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REMAINS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE AREAS OF TWO HARBORS...CLOQUET...HERMANTOWN...AND SUPERIOR. DULUTH POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE CLOSED THE DULUTH AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE TO ALL TRAFFIC. ACCESS TO PARK POINT IS CLOSED. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THE TWINS PORTS AREA DUE TO HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. AT 4 AM...DULUTH PATROL REPORTED TRAVEL WAS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN THE TWIN PORTS. AS OF MIDNIGHT...THE DULUTH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAD RECEIVED OVER A FOOT AND A HALF OF TOTAL SNOW. LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE CAN ALSO EXPECT THE ICE ON LAKE SUPERIOR TO PILE ALONG THE SHORELINE CREATING MOUNDS OF 25 FEET HIGH. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...FINALLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH MOST FALLING BEFORE NOON. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ018-025-026-033>036-021930- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...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. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...FINALLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH MOST FALLING BEFORE NOON. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ019-021930- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING...FINALLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE AREAS OF ISLAND LAKE...TO BRIMSON. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ WIZ002>004-021930- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS REMAINS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF U. S. HIGHWAY 2. THE CITY OF ASHLAND AND ASHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE CLOSED A SECTION U.S. HIGHWAY 2...JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE COMBINATION OF ONGOING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES TODAY. TRAVEL IN ASHLAND...BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES IS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY FOR INLAND LOCATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE LOCATIONS ALONG THE SNOWBELT REGION OF THE SOUTH SHORE CAN EXPECT THE SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ038-WIZ006>009-021930- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ PINE-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ALONG THE I35 CORRIDOR...TO THE HAYWARD LAKES...AND PARK FALLS AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. AS OF 1 AM...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES...WITH THE LEAST AMOUNTS TOWARDS PARK FALLS IN PRICE COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...FINALLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH MOST FALLING BEFORE NOON. $$ MNZ012-021-021930- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...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. SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING...FINALLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING. $$ MNZ010-011-021800- /O.EXT.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T1800Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 442 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...WITH MOST FALLING BEFORE NOON. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND NEAR ELY...AND TAPER OFF TOWARD INTERNATIONAL FALLS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ GRANING
000 WWUS43 KDLH 021747 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1147 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM POUNDS THE NORTHLAND... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WILL PUSH OVER GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM TRACK HAS BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE PEAK OF THE STORM HAS PASSED...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND FROM THE PATTISON RANGE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY...EASTWARD INTO THE GOGEBIC RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...MAKING ROADS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS. LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE CAN ALSO EXPECT THE ICE ON LAKE SUPERIOR TO PILE ALONG THE SHORE LINE INTO MOUNDS AROUND 25 FEET HIGH. EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IN YOUR HOME...MAKE SURE OUTSIDE VENTS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW. WIZ001-022215- /O.CAN.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ DOUGLAS- 1147 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO THE NORTH. SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS. THE OVERALL STORM SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN ITS GRIP ON THE REGION...BUT WINDS COMING OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IN NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT. AN AFTERNOON ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. REMEMBER THAT HIGHWAY 2 IS CLOSED JUST WEST OF ASHLAND...SO YOU MAY NEED TO ALTER YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE. 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. $$ MNZ020-037-022215- /O.CAN.KDLH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- 1147 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SILVER BAY...TWO HARBORS AND DULUTH AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROAD CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS AND SLIPPERY. SOME ROADS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CLEARED. ACCESS TO PARK POINT IN THE DULUTH HARBOR REGION IS STILL CLOSED. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MNZ012-018-019-021-025-026-033>036-038-022215- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-PINE- 1147 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE GRAND MARAIS...HIBBING... GRAND RAPIDS...AITKIN...BRAINERD...PINE CITY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROAD CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS AND SLIPPERY. SOME ROADS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CLEARED. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WIZ006>009-022215- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 1147 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SIREN...SPOONER... HAYWARD AND PHILLIPS AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROAD CONDITIONS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. SOME ROADS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CLEARED. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WIZ002>004-022215- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- 1147 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS REMAINS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF U. S. HIGHWAY 2. THE CITY OF ASHLAND AND ASHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE CLOSED A SECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2...JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE COMBINATION OF ONGOING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES TODAY. TRAVEL IN ASHLAND...BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES IS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY FOR INLAND LOCATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE LOCATIONS ALONG THE SNOWBELT REGION OF THE SOUTH SHORE CAN EXPECT THE SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ010-011-022215- /O.EXT.KDLH.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- 1147 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. EXPECT NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...WITH MOST IN THE ELY AREA. THE LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DAP
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 28, 4:06 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:06 AM CST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
406 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007
.DISCUSSION...
UPCOMING WINTER STORM...
CONFIDENCE INCREASES AS MODELS CONTINUE TO HIT THE NORTHLAND HARD
WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD WIND CRITERIA THROUGH FRIDAY. MAIN
CHANGE TO FCST WAS TO INCREASE WINDS AT THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR
WED NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. AS THE SFC CYCLONE TAKES A SIMILAR TRACK
TO LAST WEEKENDS STORM AND LIFTS NE INTO THE GRB REGION...A
TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER LS WILL BRING IMPRESSIVE E-NE H85
WINDS OF 50-60 KT TO THE HEAD OF LS. VERY SIMILAR DYNAMICS TO LAST
SUNDAY WHERE DLH AND DYT HAD SUSTAINED WINDS UPWARDS OF 40 MPH FOR
SEVERAL HOURS. THE 06Z NAM INCREASES H85 WINDS UPWARDS OF 70 KTS
WITH 50 KT AT 925 MB BY 00Z FRI. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
THIS AREA HAS BEEN UPDATED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE TWIN PORTS
REGION. BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS OF 30-40 KT DURING THIS TIME WITH AN
E-NE FETCH OFF OF LS WILL PROVIDE SIG LAKE ENHANCEMENT ALONG THE
NORTH SHORE AND INTO THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR...WHERE UPWARDS OF
2 FEET OF TOTAL SN ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE FAVORABLE
LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH SHORE WILL LIKELY
SEE AMOUNTS NEAR 30 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON SNOW
AMOUNTS AND TIMING.
ALTHOUGH PREV FCST WAS ANTICIPATING A FASTER ONSET BY EARLY
AFTERNOON /CLOSER TO ECMWF SOLUTION/...PULLED BACK POPS AND WARNING
START TIME FOR SW ZONES UNTIL 21Z IN COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE SLOWED DOWN A BIT...INCLUDING
THE 00Z ECMWF. CONSENSUS IS THAT THE LIGHT SN WILL SPREAD NWRD
INTO THE SW ZONES /LEECH LAKE TO BRAINERD AND AITKIN/ THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATION...INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE THROUGH SUNSET AND OVERNIGHT. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW
A STRENGTHENING AREA OF 2-D FGEN ALONG THE THERMAL RIDGE OVERNIGHT AS
IT PUSHES NORTH OVER THE FA ON THE NOSE OF A 50 KT LLJ.
ON THURSDAY...A SECOND LOW SWINGS AROUND BASE OF UPPER LONG
WAVE...LIFTING QUICKLY INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKE REGION AND
MERGES WITH FIRST LOW. AS THE LOW PUSHES NE TO THE GRB REGION...A
TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER LS WILL BRING IMPRESSIVE NE 925
MB WINDS OF 40-50 KT TO THE HEAD OF LS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN UPDATED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE TWIN
PORTS REGION. THE 40 KT E-NE FETCH OFF OF LS WILL PROVIDE SIG LAKE
ENHANCEMENT ALONG THE NORTH SHORE AND INTO THE HEAD OF LAKE
SUPERIOR...WHERE UPWARDS OF 2 FEET OF TOTAL SN ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. THE FAVORABLE LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
NORTH SHORE WILL SEE INCREASED AMOUNTS THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEAR 30
INCHES.
CROSS-SECTIONS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
TO ENHANCED FORCING FOR VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN NW WIS...MAINLY
THURS AFTN AND OVERNIGHT. THEY INCLUDE UPRIGHT INSTABILITY WITH DECREASING
POT TEMP WITH HEIGHT...AN AREA OF NEGATIVE SAT EPV ATOP SLOPING
FGEN...AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND LIFT. BUFKIT IS SHOWING
SIGNIFICANT OMEGA IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONES THURS NIGHT WHICH
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES /POSSIBLY 2 INCHES PER
HOUR/. THE POSSIBILITY ALSO REMAINS FOR PATCHY FREEZING PCPN IN
FAR SE /MAINLY PRICE COUNTY/ THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WILL LEAVE OUT
ATTM.
DRIER AND COLDER AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. NO REPEATS OF THIS EVENT IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST ATTM.
&&
POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 28 20 30 19 / 50 100 100 100
INL 27 17 26 15 / 30 80 80 80
BRD 31 21 30 17 / 70 90 90 80
HYR 32 23 31 22 / 40 90 100 100
ASX 31 22 31 22 / 40 90 100 100
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-PINE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-NORTHERN CASS-NORTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS.
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR ASHLAND-BAYFIELD-BURNETT-IRON-PRICE-SAWYER-WASHBURN.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
DOUGLAS.
GRANING/CANNONHazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 10:21 PM CST, 6 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1021 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007 LSZ121-140>148-162-MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004- 006>009-281230- BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN- GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN- TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN- SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN- DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI- SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI- OPEN WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN-KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS- SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 1021 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT WITH AROUND AN INCH ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL END IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL START TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH...AFFECTING THE BRAINERD LAKES...AITKIN AND CASS LAKE AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN IT WILL SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE NORTHLAND. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT...INTO FRIDAY. IT IS STILL EARLY TO PREDICT EXACT SNOW TOTALS...BUT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...TO AS MUCH AS 16 TO 24 INCHES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE...DOWN TO THE TWIN PORTS AREA...AND EAST ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR. WINDS MAY GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH CLOSE TO THE LAKE...CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VARIOUS WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...BUT SNOWFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FREQUENTLY PROVIDE UPDATES ON THEIR SNOW TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEWART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:09 AM CST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:58 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 62 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.