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Snow Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 14, 20079 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Jan 14, 2007, 3:55 AM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 14, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2007, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 15, 2007, 8:51 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Anoka County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 140955
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
355 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM TO POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...

.SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS A PORTION OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...DURING TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. AN INCREASING
PROBABILITY OF SIX INCHES OR EVEN MORE IS POSSIBLE IN 
MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTEVIDEO TO A SAINT
PAUL LINE...AND IN WESTERN WISCONSIN GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A NEW RICHMOND TO CORNELL LINE. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THIS
INCLUDES MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA.

TO THE NORTH OF THE WATCH...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6
PM TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE
US HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA.

TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ADVISORY
AND WATCH AREAS DURING TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.


MNZ051>054-056>059-061-WIZ014>016-141800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
355 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN
MINNESOTA AND BY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THIS HAS THE LIKELIHOOD OF PERSISTING THROUGH THE
DURATION OF TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.

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. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ROADWAYS
IN THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ060-062>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-141800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-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-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
355 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE WITH AN
INCREASING POSSIBILITY OF SIX OR MORE INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS
INCLUDES ROADWAYS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA...ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND
ALONG I-94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$

RAH/MTF
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 141832
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM TO POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...

.ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA BY EVENING...AND THEN EXPAND ACROSS MORE OF SOUTHERN 
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. 
MODERATE SNOW HAD DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS WAS ON A PATH TO
MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EVENING. WHILE LIGHT SNOW
WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...THE HEAVIER
SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW
MAY SET UP FROM AROUND NEW ULM AND MANKATO...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN
CITIES AREA...ON INTO WISCONSIN TOWARD EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE INT THIS AREA.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR
AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO
NEAR BLOOMER WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING...FOR AREAS ALONG A LINE FROM DAWSON...TO
WILLMAR...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH WISCONSIN.

MNZ051>054-056>059-061-WIZ014>016-142145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA...AND PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS HAS THE
LIKELIHOOD OF PERSISTING THROUGH THE DURATION OF TONIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES.
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN COUNTRY.

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. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ060-062>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-142145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-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-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE WITH AN
INCREASING POSSIBILITY OF SIX OR MORE INCHES. THE BEST CHANCE OF 6
OR MORE INCHES MAY BE IN AN AREA AROUND NEW ULM AND MANKATO...TO
THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES AREA...ON INTO WISCONSIN TOWARD EAU
CLAIRE. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING
SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS
INCLUDES ROADWAYS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA...ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND
ALONG I-94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$
JPR
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 142122
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN... 

.SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN...AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT
APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO RICE
LAKE WISCONSIN. 5 TO 8 INCHES IF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.
AREAS THAT MAY PICK AROUND 8 INCHES OF SNOW WOULD BE FROM AROUND
FAIRMONT AND NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT AND WASECA...TO THE SOUTHERN
TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE AND NEW RICHMOND. A WINTER STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM GRANITE
FALLS...TO WILLMAR...TO CAMBRIDGE...RICE LAKE...AND LADYSMITH.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

EXPECT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM. 

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO
25 MPH RANGE WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY
OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW WILL BE LIFTING
NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN COLORADO TOWARD IOWA OVERNIGHT.

MNZ051>054-056>059-061-150530-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO
20 MPH RANGE WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN
COUNTRY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 BELOW
RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING.

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

$$

MNZ060-062-063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-150530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...DURING THE EVENING
THROUGH ABOUT 3 AM. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
AREAS THAT MAY PICK UP AROUND 8 INCHES WOULD BE FROM AROUND
FAIRMONT AND NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT AND WASECA...TO THE SOUTHERN
TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE AND NEW RICHMOND.

EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH WHICH COULD
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN COUNTRY. 

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.

$$

MNZ064-150530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANITE FALLS
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

EXPECT SNOW THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH ABOUT
MIDNIGHT WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS AFTER THAT TIME. IN ADDITION...NORTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS COULD ALSO DROP TO AROUND 25 BELOW BY
MORNING...AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR 5 BELOW. 

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

$$

WIZ014>016-150530-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. 

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/MB
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 150259
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
859 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SNOW ACCUMULATING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO THE TWIN
CITIES AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...

.AS OF 830 PM SIX INCHES OF SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED IN ST. JAMES IN
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS WAS WITHIN A BAND OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOW EXTENDING FROM ST. JAMES THROUGH NEW ULM AND ST. PETER THEN INTO
THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES COMMUNITIES OF PRIOR LAKE AND LAKEVILLE.
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AROUND ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND WELLS. ACCUMULATING
SNOW WAS ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND IN THE TWIN CITIES AROUND 4 AM. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN
WISCONSIN INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO SHOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST SIX INCHES OF
SNOW BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE SIX INCH RANGE ARE
ALSO LIKELY IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NEW
RICHMOND AND RIVER FALLS AREA TOWARD TURTLE LAKE BALDWIN AND
CHEEK. SNOW TOTALS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN PLACES
SUCH AS ST. CLOUD...WILMAR AND OLIVIA. AREAS AROUND
CANBY...DAWSON...AND MONTEVIDEO WILL PROBABLY SEE AN INCH OR LESS
OF SNOW...BUT WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20 TO 25 BELOW
ZERO RANGE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST TO 20 TO 25
MPH.


MNZ060-062-063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-151100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
859 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

AS OF 8 PM SIX INCHES OF SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED IN ST. JAMES IN
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS WAS WITHIN A BAND OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOW EXTENDING FROM ST. JAMES THROUGH NEW ULM AND ST. PETER THEN INTO
THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES COMMUNITIES OF PRIOR LAKE AND LAKEVILLE.
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AROUND ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND WELLS. ACCUMULATING
SNOW WAS ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND IN THE TWIN CITIES AROUND 4 AM. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN
WISCONSIN INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO SHOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST SIX INCHES OF
SNOW BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE SIX INCH RANGE ARE
ALSO LIKELY IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NEW
RICHMOND AND RIVER FALLS AREA TOWARD TURTLE LAKE BALDWIN AND
CHEEK. SNOW TOTALS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN PLACES
SUCH AS ST. CLOUD...WILMAR AND OLIVIA.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

WIZ014>016-151100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
859 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH 3 TO
6 INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AS OF 830 PM 1 TO 2
INCHES OF SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED FROM THE HUDSON AREA TOWARD PRAIRIE
FARM...AMERY...AND CHEEK. FROM 9 PM TO MIDNIGHT THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD
FALL IN A LINE FROM LAKE LAND AND ROBERTS TOWARD PRAIRIE FARM AND
CHEEK WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY.

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>054-056>059-061-064-151100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE...GRANITE FALLS
859 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

SNOW WAS EXPANDING INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 845 PM. DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN
PLACES SUCH AS CHISAGO CITY...ANOKA...AND TOWARD CAMBRIDGE. SNOW
TOTAL WILL TAPER OFF TO AN INCH OR TOW TOWARD
WILLMAR...BUFFALO...AND LITCHFIELD. AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED IN
THE WESTERN MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES OF MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...AND
CANBY. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL KEEP
WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. 

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

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 151011
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
411 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FROM THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON SOUTHWARD THROUGH ALBERT LEA AND
EASTWARD THROUGH CHIPPEWA FALLS AND EAU CLAIRE...IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL HAS TOTALED 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THESE
AREAS. SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
ANOTHER ONE TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING
BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. THIS WOULD BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
TO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON JUST
NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES...ROUGHLY FROM BUFFALO THROUGH CAMBRIDGE
TO CENTER CITY AND NORTH BRANCH. OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL IN THESE AREAS
HAS AMOUNTED TO A FEW INCHES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME THIS
MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH.

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FOR POLK...BARRON
AND RUSK COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE
COMMUNITIES OF OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT AND BLUE
EARTH. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED IN THESE AREAS. THERE WILL
BE SOME LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE A
HALF INCH OR LESS. 

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR WEST CENTRAL
AREAS OF MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MADISON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD AND GRANITE FALLS. THERE WILL
BE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS. NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15
MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS NEAR 20 BELOW...SO DRESS PROPERLY
BEFORE HEADING OUT THIS MORNING. 

THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS INDIANA.  


MNZ065>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-151115-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
411 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE
LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF
INCH OR LESS.  

$$

MNZ054-056>058-064-151115-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS
411 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION. 
 
$$

MNZ060-062-063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-151800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
411 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WAS COMMON EARLY THIS MORNING FROM THE
TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWARD THROUGH ALBERT LEA AND EASTWARD THROUGH
CHIPPEWA FALLS AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR A
TIME THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO PERHAPS 2 INCHES OF NEW
ACCUMULATION. MOTORISTS TRAVELING EAST AND SOUTH FROM THE TWIN
CITIES WILL ENCOUNTER VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH
DAYBREAK. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

WIZ014>016-151800-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
411 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM BALSAM LAKE THROUGH LADYSMITH
WITH AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW WILL
DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY LATE IN THE MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 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.

$$

MNZ051>053-059-061-151800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...BLAINE
411 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING FROM BUFFALO THROUGH
CAMBRIDGE TO CENTER CITY. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY
NOON. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. THIS WILL BRING
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. 

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

$$

RAH
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 151451
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
851 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...ACCUMULATING NOW HAS ENDED...

.THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW MAY PERSIST
THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE EXPECT CLEARING BUT BLUSTERY AND COLD
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.


MNZ060-062-063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-151600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
851 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW MAY
PERSIST THIS MORNING. 

$$

WIZ014>016-151600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
851 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW MAY
PERSIST THIS MORNING. 


$$

MNZ051>053-059-061-151600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...BLAINE
851 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW MAY
PERSIST THIS MORNING. 


$$
JPR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Jan 14, 3:52 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 3:52 AM CST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

.DISCUSSION...
ITS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE MODEL RUNS OVER THE
PAST 48 HOURS FOR OUR CWA. WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GRAZING SNOW
EVENT OVER SE MN DISAPPEARED ON THE 06Z AND 12Z GFS RUNS ON
SATURDAY...THEN BEGAN CREEPING BACK IN ON THE 18Z RUN. NOW EARLY
THIS MORNING WE ARE FACED WITH A POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOW EVENT FOR
MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MN AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WI. IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE NAM STAYED THE COURSE THE PAST TWO DAYS
SHOWING A SNOW EVENT...BUT NOT TO THE MAGNITUDE OF TONIGHTS 00Z
NAM RUN. THE 06Z NAM IS IN AND AGREES VERY WELL. WHAT WE ARE UP
AGAINST IS LOW PRESSURE IN THE MID LEVELS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM
THE SW U.S. AND PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. WV IMAGERY SHOWS THE KICKER DROPPING QUICKLY
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST ATTM. NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE
IT...SOUTHERN MN AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WI ARE IN THE
DEFORMATION ZONE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. STRONG FRONTOGENESIS
IS SHOWN IN THE 600-700MB LAYER WITH A RATHER LARGE AREA ABOVE OF
NEAR NEGATIVE TO NEGATIVE EPV. SNOW RATIOS FROM THE COBB TECHNIQUE
AVERAGE OUT TO 20 TO 1. PW VALUES ARE AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH.
285K THETA SURFACE SHOWING VERY STRONG ADIABATIC OMEGA TONIGHT
OVER SOUTHERN AREAS WITH MIXING RATIOS AVERAGING 1.5 TO 2 G/KG.
NET VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT INCREASES FROM 60 TO 80 MB TONIGHT. NAM
QPF TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ARE BETWEEN .35 AND .40 INCHES
FROM CANBY THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS ON SOUTHWARD
WHILE THE GFS TOTALS RUN FROM .20 TO .25 FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED
AREAS. AGAIN THIS AVERAGES OUT TO AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH. GIVEN
THE PW...FORCING...INSTABILTY AND HIGH SNOW RATIOS...BELIEVE THERE
IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE FOR 6 TO PERHAPS 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY NOON
MONDAY OVER SOUTHERN MN AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WI. WILL BE
ISSUING A WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM CANBY
THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS ON SOUTHWARD. WILL ALSO
BE ISSUING A SNOW ADVISORY TO THE NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA BY
BASICALLY ONE ROW OF COUNTIES. ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IN THE
WAKE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. CUT LOWS AND HIGHS. LITTLE TIME
DEVOTED TO THE REMAINDER OF FORECAST WITH TONIGHTS DEBACLE. DID
INCREASE CLOUDS FOR THURSDAY. DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK.
THERE COULD BE A ROUND OF SNOW. THURSDAYS POTENTIAL EVENT IS THE
UPPER LOW CURRENTLY MOVING DOWN THE WEST COAST.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
     BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-
     HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-
     RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-
     WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY(IES).

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     ANOKA-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-ISANTI-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-
     MEEKER-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT COUNTY(IES).

WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
     CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-ST. CROIX COUNTY(IES).

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     BARRON-POLK-RUSK COUNTY(IES).

&&

RAH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 4:54 AM CST, 23 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
454 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
141130-
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-
454 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ON
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JAMES TO RED WING
LINE. THIS POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH A STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST OUT
OF THE ROCKIES DURING THE END OF THE WEEKEND. DUE TO MANY
UNCERTAINTIES AT PRESENT...CONFIDENCE OF OCCURRENCE REMAINS
MINIMAL.

MORE ARCTIC AIR WILL FLOOD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY NIGHT
AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.
WITH EXPECTED BREEZY CONDITIONS DUE TO A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY...THE WIND CHILL IN RESPONSE MAY VERY
WELL APPROACH -25F TO -30F.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MTF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 3:55 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 17 more11 hr
Jan 14, 3:22 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 16 more17 hr
Jan 14, 3:22 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Chippewa, Chisago, Isanti, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 4 more17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.