Alert archive / Minnesota / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Dec 3, 2007, 2:14 PM CST for 27 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 4, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2007, 2:14 PM CST (20:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 4, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2007, 11:05 PM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 36 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 032014 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 214 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO IOWA ON TUESDAY WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TUESDAY AND FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...SPREAD QUICKLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY LATE IN THE MORNING...AND THEN REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL IMPACT RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ041>043-047>050-057-058-040415- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.071204T1200Z-071205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD 214 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD AND LITCHFIELD AREAS TUESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-051-052-059-066-040415- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.071204T1200Z-071205T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 214 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE AND HUTCHINSON AREAS TUESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY LATE EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-040415- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.071204T1500Z-071205T0300Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 214 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA TUESDAY MORNING AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING LADYSMITH AND EAU CLAIRE BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL IMPACT THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY LATE EVENING. 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. $$ RAH/LS
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 040351 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 951 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM EASTERN MONTANA TO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TUESDAY AND FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...SPREAD QUICKLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY LATE IN THE MORNING...AND THEN REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL IMPACT RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ041>043-047>050-057-058-041200- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.071204T1200Z-071205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD 951 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD AND LITCHFIELD AREAS TUESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ044-045-051-052-059-066-041200- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.071204T1200Z-071205T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 951 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE AND HUTCHINSON AREAS TUESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY LATE EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-041200- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.071204T1500Z-071205T0300Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 951 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA TUESDAY MORNING AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING LADYSMITH AND EAU CLAIRE BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL IMPACT THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY LATE EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 041217 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 617 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .SNOW HAD BEGUN OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE...AND SPREAD INTO MORE OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ALSO INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE LATE MORNING OR AFTERNOON HOURS OVER MOST AREAS. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...AND INTO THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...AND A FEW SPOTS COULD PICK UP 6 INCHES. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA...AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ041>043-047>050-057-058-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD 617 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER OVER THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY EVENING...AND A FEW SPOTS COULD PICK UP 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. $$ MNZ044-045-051-052-059-066-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 617 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY LATE EVENING...AND A FEW SPOTS COULD PICK UP 6 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.071204T1500Z-071205T0300Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 617 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MAY NOT BEGIN IN THE EAU CLAIRE OR LADYSMITH AREAS UNTIL MID AFTERNOON... AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY LATE EVENING. 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 041842 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1242 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .MODERATE TO INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CLIPS SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW REPORTS AS OF 12:30 PM RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...INCLUDING REPORTS OF 4 INCHES AT LITTLE FALLS...3 INCHES AT ALEXANDRIA AND HOLDINGFORD...AND 2 INCHES AT STAPLES AND ST JOSEPH. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF AND 1 INCH WERE REPORTED FROM THE TWIN CITIES EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE TIME THE SNOW COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS WELL. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...THE TWIN CITIES...CAMBRIDGE...RED WING...RICE LAKE...AND EAU CLAIRE. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATES 94 AND 35...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER OCCASIONAL SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ041>043-047>050-057-058-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD 1242 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY EVENING...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH TOTALS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...WILLMAR...AND LITCHFIELD. 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...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST MICHAEL. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 050245- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1242 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST BY LATE EVENING...INCLUDING IN THE TWIN CITIES...CAMBRIDGE...RED WING...RICE LAKE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS. 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 INTERSTATE 94 FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO EAU CLAIRE...AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM FARIBAULT TO RUSH CITY. $$ LS
000 WWUS43 KMPX 042155 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .MODERATE TO INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO EARLY EVENINGN AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CLIPS SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH WILL BE COMMON UNTIL EARLY EVENING. SNOW REPORTS AS OF 330 PM RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...INCLUDING REPORTS OF 4 INCHES AT LITTLE FALLS...3.5 INCHES NEAR STAPLES...3.2 INCHES AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN...3 INCHES AT RUSH CITY...AND 2 INCHES NEAR RICE LAKE. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WERE REPORTED EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE TIME THE SNOW COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS WELL. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...THE TWIN CITIES...CAMBRIDGE...RED WING... RICE LAKE...AND EAU CLAIRE. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATES 94 AND 35 SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER OCCASIONALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORE INTENSE SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MNZ041>043-047>050-057-058-050300- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD 355 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH TOTALS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...WILLMAR...AND LITCHFIELD. 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...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST MICHAEL. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 050600- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 355 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE TO INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH TOTALS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES... AND THE COMMUNITIES OF CAMBRIDGE...RED WING...RICE LAKE...AND EAU CLAIRE. 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 INTERSTATE 94 FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO EAU CLAIRE...AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM FARIBAULT TO RUSH CITY. $$ TRH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 050322 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 922 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ENDING AND DIMINISHING OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .LIGHT TO MODERATE BANDS OF SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR TWO MILES CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST ONE THIRD OF MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT EAST OF A LINE FROM MORA...MINNEAPOLIS TO OWATONNA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE...THE TWIN CITIES...CAMBRIDGE...RED WING... RICE LAKE...AND EAU CLAIRE. THE SNOW HAD DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL...SNOWFALL OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL VARY UP TO AROUND AN INCH BY MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS VARIED FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. SNOW TOTALS TAPER TO AROUND TWO INCHES OR LESS SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. IN THE TWIN CITIES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGE FROM FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. MNZ041>043-047>050-057-058-050430- /O.EXP.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD 922 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO SOME LIGHT SNOW OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR ICE IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 050600- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 922 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE BANDS OF SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR TWO MILES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST ONE THIRD OF MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT EAST OF A LINE FROM MORA...MINNEAPOLIS TO OWATONNA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE...THE TWIN CITIES...CAMBRIDGE...RED WING... RICE LAKE...AND EAU CLAIRE. THE SNOW HAD DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL...SNOWFALL OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL VARY UP TO AROUND AN INCH BY MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS VARIED FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. SNOW TOTALS TAPER TO AROUND TWO INCHES OR LESS SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. IN THE TWIN CITIES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGE FROM FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 050505 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1105 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ENDING OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE SNOW HAD DIMINISHED TO SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER THE AREA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MOVING FROM NORTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN IOWA BY LATE EVENING. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAD LAID A SWATH OF SNOW OVER GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES SO FAR RANGED FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. LESSER AMOUNTS OCCURRED SOUTH AND WEST WITH SNOW TOTALS TAPERING DOWN TO AROUND AN INCH OR TWO SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 050615- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1105 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE SNOW HAD DIMINISHED TO SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER THE AREA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MOVING FROM NORTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN IOWA BY LATE EVENING. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAD LAID A SWATH OF SNOW OVER GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES SO FAR RANGED FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. LESSER AMOUNTS OCCURRED SOUTH AND WEST WITH SNOW TOTALS TAPERING DOWN TO AROUND AN INCH OR TWO SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. $$
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 Dec 3, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1139 AM CST MON DEC 3 2007 .AVIATION... /18Z TAF ISSUANCE/ N-S SFC RIDGE OVER FAR WESTERN WI ATTM. LIGHT SE SFC WINDS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE MN TAF SITES WITH LGT AND VRBL CONDITIONS FOR KRNH AND KEAU. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL SD WL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MN AND NORTHERN IA EARLY TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BACK TO THE NE FOR A TIME...WITH KRWF ACTUALLY GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE NW. MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW WILL ENTER ND THURSDAY MORNING AND REACH CENTRAL IA BY EVENING. HENCE...WINDS WILL BECOME ESE ONCE AGAIN. CEILINGS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NW TO SE THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW EXPECTED TO SPREAD SE ACROSS THE TAF SITES AS WELL DURING THE 12Z-18Z TIME FRAME. BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD WE SHOULD SEE CEILINGS BELOW 1000 FEET AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 2 MILES. SOME SLEET FORECAST FOR KRWF FROM 12Z-15Z PER NAM BUFKIT PROFILE SHOWING THE NOSE OF THE WARM LAYER REACHES 1.5 DEG C AT 875 MB. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 402 AM CST MON DEC 3 2007/ WITH LIGHT WINDS AND FRESH SNOW COVER...TEMPERATURES TOOK A NOSEDIVE OVERNIGHT WITH SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO ACROSS OUR CWA...FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST...RESPECTIVELY. IT APPEARS THAT MOS IS FROM 5 TO 10 DEGREES TOO WARM TODAY...GIVEN CURRENT CONDITIONS SO WE STAYED WITH OUR FORECAST FROM YESTERDAY. LOOKING FURTHER OUT...THE CURRENT MOISTURE CHANNEL LOOP SHOWS A STRONG PUSH OF MOISTURE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTH OF A LOW MOVING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. NWP IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A PIECE OF EASTERN PACIFIC ENERGY WILL CLEAR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES LATER TODAY WITH A SURFACE LOW EXPECTED TO DROP OUT OF ALBERTA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY MORNING. PWAT VALUES SURGE FROM 0.20 INCHES TO 0.75 INCHES IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THIS LOW...ACCORDING TO THE 40 KM NAM RUN FROM LAST EVENING. A VERTICAL CROSS SECTION...CONSTRUCTED FROM OUTPUT FROM THAT SAME RUN (FROM NW IA TO NEAR KDLH) SHOWS A PERIOD OF STRONG LIFT (I.E. 3 TO 5 MICRO-BARS/SEC OMEGA) FROM 800 MB TO 400 MB WITH ENOUGH VERTICAL CONTINUITY TO THE AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL RATES. WE BRING IN ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW INTO OUR NORTHERN AND PART OF OUR EASTERN COUNTIES ON TUESDAY AND HAVE INTRODUCES SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO A NUMBER OF OUR WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES AFTER DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && RAH/WET
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 5:07 AM CST, 9 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 507 AM CST MON DEC 3 2007 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 041100- 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- 507 AM CST MON DEC 3 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM ALBERTA LATE TONIGHT AND PROGRESS TO NEAR SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA BY LATE TUESDAY. SNOW WILL LIKELY BREAK OUT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND RAPIDLY OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PART OF WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL...A MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TUESDAY OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING MORRIS...BENSON AND MONTEVIDEO. IT IS UNCLEAR...AT THIS POINT...WHAT THE DURATION OF ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION MIGHT BE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OR...TO WHAT EXTENT IT WOULD IMPACT TRAVEL. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS NEED TO MONITOR ADDITIONAL FORECAST UPDATES THROUGH TODAY. BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING...FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED...TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE RUNNING FROM ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA SOUTHEAST TO LITCHFIELD...ON EAST ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO NEAR MENOMONIE WISCONSIN...THEN EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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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.