Alert archive / Minnesota / Heavy Snow Warnings in 2007
Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heavy snow warning at Apr 10, 2007, 11:22 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr. 10 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
- Apr 10, 2007, 11:22 AM CDT (16:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Fairmont, MN | ONE TO 2 SLUSHY INCHES REPORTED COUNTY WIDE. |
| Apr 11, 6:47 AM CDT | SNOW 1.3 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Apr 11, 7:50 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Winnebago, MN | |
| Apr 11, 7:57 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Albert Lea, MN | |
| Apr 11, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Apr 11, 9:20 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Mankato, MN | |
| Apr 11, 9:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | St James, MN | |
| Apr 11, 10:45 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Waseca, MN | |
| Apr 11, 12:00 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | Kiester, MN | |
| Apr 11, 12:55 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Mankato, MN | STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 101745 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESEND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1122 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...MORE SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE A HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES TO OWATONNA. HERE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LESSER SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPDATED TO A SNOW ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY. A GENERAL 2 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF A LINE... FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA...TO ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES...EAST INTO WISCONSIN NEW RICHMOND AND EAU CLAIRE. ONE TO THREE INCH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NEAR MILACA..TO BALSAM LAKE AND LADYSMITH. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO SOUTHERN IOWA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR...THE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON AREA ROADS WILL BE...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD STAY ABREAST TO THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SNOW EVENT. MNZ082>084-091-092-110030- /O.UPG.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.070410T1700Z-070412T0000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1122 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ085-093-110030- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.070410T2100Z-070411T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.070410T1700Z-070412T0000Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1122 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AND IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-110030- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.070410T2100Z-070411T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.070410T2100Z-070412T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1122 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE WARM ENOUGH FOR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM ST CLOUD TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR MILACA AND CAMBRIDGE WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES AREA POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-110030- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.070411T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.070411T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1122 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FARTHER NORTH...WITH PERHAPS 1 TO 3 INCHES TOWARD BALSAM LAKE AND LADYSMITH. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-110030- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR 1122 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ACCUMULATING OVERNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 110034 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 734 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...SNOW SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD WESTERN WISCONSIN... .EARLY THIS EVENING SNOW WAS SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. VISIBILITY ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WAS A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE IN SNOW. HOWEVER...WITH WARM GROUND ONLY AROUND A HALF INCH OF SLUSHY SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED BY 7 PM.. DURING THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL A BIT THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE FASTER. IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THEN EXPAND INTO WISCONSIN. FROM 2 TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES MAY FALL WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND BENSON TO OLIVIA TO FARIBAULT TO THE RED WING AREA. FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS SLUSHY NATURE OF THE SNOW COULD MAKE FOR SLICK ROADS. SNOW WILL TAPPER OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD EAU CLARIE...WISCONSIN. ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE MILACA AREA TOWARD RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. THE CULPRIT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW IS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN NEBRASKA THAT WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PUT THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTALS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ082>085-091>093-110845- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 734 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BY MORNING. STORM TOTALS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING SHOULD BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>076-110845- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR 734 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. EARLY THIS EVENING HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AS WELL AS AREAS AROUND ST. JAMES AND FAIRMONT. BY MORNING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL IN AREAS AROUND MADISON...BENSON...CANBY...AND NEW ULM. FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED AROUND ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO MAY FALL WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-110845- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 734 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AS WELL AS AREAS TOWARD CAMBRIDGE AND CENTER THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. A LITTLE RAIN MAY STILL MIX WITH THE SNOW IN THE EVENING. BY MORNING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING SNOW TOTALS TO 3 TO 6 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-110845- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 734 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. BY MORNING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH PERHAPS 3 INCHES AROUND DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTALS MAY REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FARTHER NORTH...WITH PERHAPS 1 TO 3 INCHES TOWARD BALSAM LAKE AND LADYSMITH. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BAP
000 WWUS43 KMPX 110840 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .LIGHT SNOW WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. SOME LIGHT RAIN WAS MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHFIELD. THE PRECIPITATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA AND MISSOURI. VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE REGION WERE IN THE 1 TO 3 MILE RANGE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SINCE TUESDAY EVENING HAVE BEEN A SLUSHY INCH OR TWO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN A BIT TODAY WHILE MOVING TO ILLINOIS. SNOW IS FORECAST TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ST. CLOUD TO NEW ULM AND POINTS WESTWARD THROUGH 1 PM. SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL AMOUNTS TO A FEW INCHES THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY ALSO COVERS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 7 PM. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS EAST OF A LINE FROM ST. CLOUD TO NEW ULM. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THIS AREA THIS MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR THE FREEZING MARK TODAY...THE SNOW WILL BE RATHER SLUSHY IN NATURE...RESULTING IN SLICK ROADS. FINALLY...THE SNOW ADVISORY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH LITTLE FALLS...MORA...CAMBRIDGE AND NORTH BRANCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL FALL IN THESE AREAS TODAY..ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SMALL. MNZ041-042-110945- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-110945- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-111645- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ047>049-054>058-064-065-073-111645- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ066-067-074>076-111645- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ051-059>063-068>070-077-078-111645- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-111645- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 340 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR WHERE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN AREAS TO THE NORTH SUCH AS AMERY...RICE LAKE...BLOOMER AND LADYSMITH. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 111643 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1143 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .ACCUMULATING SNOW HAD INCREASED IN COVERAGE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SNOWFALL OF NEAR 6 INCHES WAS REPORTED OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS OF 8 AM THIS MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A BROAD AREA OF CENTRAL...AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HAD RECEIVED 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 8 INCHES IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING...WHILE 1 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE REST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON... GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. THE DECREASING TREND WILL THEN SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE RATHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE CHICAGO AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...KEEPING THE HEAVIER SNOW OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ082>085-091>093-120000- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1143 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014>016-111800- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T1800Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH 1143 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1PM. $$ MNZ047>049-054>058-064-065-073-111800- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070411T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1143 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON INCH OR LESS. THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ051-059>063-066>070-074>078-WIZ023>028-120000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1143 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT EXPECT A DECREASING TREND BY LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 112045 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 345 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW WINDING DOWN OVER MOST AREAS... .ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM AROUND WASECA TO RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE COULD PICK UP ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW THIS EVENING. THIS WOULD BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE. SNOW WILL ENDING OR DIMINISHING OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. THE RATHER DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE CHICAGO AREA THIS EVENING...KEEPING THE HEAVIER SNOW OVER FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. MNZ093-120300- /O.CAN.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.070411T2100Z-070412T0300Z/ FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALBERT LEA 345 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL BE DECREASING THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER INCH OR 2 TWO COULD ACCUMULATE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ082>085-091-092-112145- /O.CAN.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 345 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ051-059>063-066>070-074>077-WIZ023>025-027-112145- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070412T0000Z/ SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 345 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ078-WIZ026-028-120300- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0005.070411T2100Z-070412T0300Z/ GOODHUE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 345 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH UP TO 2 INCHES ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heavy snow warning went out at Apr 10, 3:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
323 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007
.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTED BY A COUPLE OF STORM SYSTEMS THAT COULD DROP
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS A PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA...THE
FIRST OF WHICH IS CURRENTLY SITTING ON OUR DOORSTEP. WARM
ADVECTION/MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC PRECIP AREA HAS DEVELOPED OVER
THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...THE LEADING EDGE OF WHICH
EXTENDS FROM JUST WEST OF ABERDEEN TO WEST OF SIOUX CITY.
ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK HAS ENTERED THE SOUTHWESTERN THIRD
OF THE FORECAST AREA...GENERALLY INTO AREAS ALONG THE MINNESOTA
RIVER VALLEY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE FAIRLY DRY LOW LEVELS
ARE PRESENT ACROSS THE BULK OF THE AREA...WITH DEW POINT
DEPRESSIONS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IN MOST LOCATIONS.
THIS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE UNFOLDING PRECIP
SITUATION LATER TODAY. SURFACE LOW OF INTEREST SITS JUST WEST OF
THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WITH ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT EXTENDING
ROUGHLY ALONG THE NEBRASKA/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC AREA SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA DURING THE 12 TO 15Z TIME FRAME TODAY...AS THE SURFACE
LOW MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOUTHERLY 35 TO 40 KT LOW
LEVEL JET SHOULD RESULT IN A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SO HAVE KEPT
THE HIGHER POPS IN THESE AREAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...DESPITE
THE CURRENTLY HIGH SURFACE DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS. CROSS SECTIONS
AND ISOBARIC PLOTS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOW A SLOW EASTWARD
SPREAD IN THE SATURATION...AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS INTO THE
DAKOTAS TOWARD THIS EVENING. THE SATURATION IS CERTAINLY
ACCELERATED BY THE STRENGTH OF THE FRONTOGENETIC FORCING THAT
SETS UP ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR THROUGH
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. CROSS SECTIONS THROUGH THE FRONTOGENETIC
ZONE SHOW SEVERAL FACTORS CONDUCIVE TO SOME HIGHER SNOWFALL
RATES TOWARD MIDDAY ALONG THIS CORRIDOR...INCLUDING SOME
INSTABILITY AND A FAVORABLE VERTICAL TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE.
A TRANSITION TAKES PLACE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...AS A
SECONDARY SURFACE LOW/INVERTED TROUGH FORMS IN RESPONSE TO THE
AFOREMENTIONED MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE IOWA/MISSOURI REGION.
COUPLED UPPER JET STRUCTURE...ALONG WITH DIFFLUENT MID LEVEL FLOW
FROM THE NOW NEGATIVELY TILTED MID LEVEL TROUGH...LEADS TO A
REORIENTATION OF THE FRONTOGENESIS FROM EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN IOWA. EXPLOSIVE UPWARD MOTION IS SEEN
IN BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS IN RESPONSE TO THIS...TOWARD WEDNESDAY
MORNING. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT DURING RUSH HOUR WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THE AREA BETWEEN THE TWIN CITIES AND ROCHESTER COULD BE
SEEING FAIRLY SIZEABLE SNOWFALL RATES.
HEADLINE WISE...WE ELECTED TO LEAVE MUCH OF OUR AREA IN A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WITH A COUPLE OF ISSUES DELAYING THE
ADVISORY/WARNING DECISION TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE
FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO ALBERT LEA. THE FIRST OF THESE IS
THE POSSIBILITY THAT RAIN WILL BE MIXED IN...ESPECIALLY
INITIALLY...WITH PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS AREA TO WARM UP
TODAY. NOSE OF ABOVE FREEZING AIR NEAR THE 925 MB LEVEL SNEAKS
INTO THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH THROWS AN ALL
SNOW SCENARIO HERE INTO A BIT OF DOUBT...DESPITE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR EVAPORATIONAL COOLING OF THE COLUMN PRIOR TO PRECIP REACHING
THE SURFACE. THE SECOND IS CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE
EXACTLY THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL SET UP WITH THE SECOND ROUND.
THEREFORE...WE WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MODEL RUNS TO
DECIDE ON ADVISORY/WARNING IN THESE AREAS. SNOW ADVISORY WAS
ISSUED FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...WITH PRECIP ALREADY SITTING JUST WEST OF THE AREA. IT
IS NOT LOOKING LIKELY THAT WE WILL HIT EITHER THE 8 INCHES IN 24
HOURS OR THE 6 INCHES IN 12 HOURS CRITERIA IN THESE AREAS.
SURFACE LOW GRADUALLY SHIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SIGNALING AN END TO THE SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE HIGH SLIDES ACROSS THE
AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AS STORM NUMBER TWO ORGANIZES
IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
DPROG/DT OF THE LAST SEVERAL GFS RUNS SHOWS GOOD RUN-TO-RUN
CONSISTENCY IN THE MODEL...BRINGING THE SURFACE LOW FROM THE
OKLAHOMA/TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION 00Z FRIDAY...NORTHEASTWARD INTO
THE CHICAGO AREA BY 12Z SATURDAY. THIS PLACES SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A FAVORABLE DEFORMATION
AREA ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW. THIS COULD BE ANOTHER
BORDERLINE WARM SYSTEM /LIKE THE ONE WE ARE DEALING WITH
CURRENTLY/...SO HAVE KEPT A MENTION OF RAIN/SNOW...ALONG WITH THE
WARMER MAX TEMPERATURES FOR THE FRIDAY/SATURDAY TIME FRAME. IF
THINGS COME IN JUST A BIT COOLER...WE COULD BE DEALING WITH
ANOTHER ADVISORY OR WARNING CRITERIA EVENT IN OUR SOUTHERN/EASTERN
AREAS FOR THE WEEKEND. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION IN OUR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AND GRAPHICAST THIS MORNING.
THANKS FOR THE EXCELLENT COLLABORATION THIS MORNING TO SURROUNDING
WFOS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-FARIBAULT-KANDIYOHI-LAC
QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-POPE-
REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-
WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY(IES).
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ANOKA-BENTON-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-RAMSEY-SHERBURNE-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT
COUNTY(IES).
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CARVER-DAKOTA-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-RICE-SCOTT-
STEELE COUNTY(IES).
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-
ST. CROIX COUNTY(IES).
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KATHazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:25 AM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 425 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 110930- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 425 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY...FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. DURING THE DAY...THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL IN LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THIS AXIS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY FOR 4 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO HUTCHINSON...WASECA...AND BLUE EARTH. WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE UPCOMING WINTER EVENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL TO THE AREA. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM...AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:52 AM CDT | Snow Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more | 42 hr |
Nearby
Heavy Snow Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every heavy snow warning in 2007
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.