Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 23, 2007, 4:07 AM CST for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 23, 2007, 12:17 PM CST. It was in force for 51 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2007, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2007, 12:17 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 3:36 PM CST
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine 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), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Feb 23, 10:21 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| Feb 23, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Feb 23, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Eau Claire, WI | WQOW TV |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Minneapolis, MN | AT MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL AIRPORT |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Faribault, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | St Cloud, MN | ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY LOCATION |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Willmar, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Forest Lake, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Lino Lakes, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Stillwater, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Carlos, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Zumbrota, MN | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Bloomer, WI | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 7 S Hillman, MN | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Mankato, MN | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Winnebago, MN | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 15 Se Balsam Lake, WI | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Spring Valley, WI | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Cameron, WI | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Jim Falls, WI | |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.2 | Stanley, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Balsam Lake, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Hudson, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ellsworth, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Barron, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Chippewa Falls, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Ladysmith, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Sand Creek, WI | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Durand, WI | |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Glenwood, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Benson, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Little Falls, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Madison, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Olivia, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Rush City, MN | |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Willmar, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Alexandria, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Canby, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Dawson, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Long Prairie, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Melrose, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Morris, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Staples, MN | SLUSH |
| Feb 24, 11:20 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Lester Prairie, MN | |
| Feb 24, 11:35 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Madison, MN | |
| Feb 24, 11:35 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Augusta, WI | |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM CST | SNOW 1 | St James, MN | |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Roberts, WI | |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Feb 24, 1:14 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Burnsville, MN | |
| Feb 24, 1:14 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Forest Lake, MN | |
| Feb 24, 1:14 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Fridley, MN |
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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 231007 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-WIZ014-023>026-028-231815- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE...WITH A MAXIMUM OF A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ054>058-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-231815- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...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 407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. REGIONS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. 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. $$ WIZ015-016-027-231815- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN RUSK...BARRON...AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES SHOULD BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS INCLUDES ALONG MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS I-94 AND I-35...AS WELL AS IN AND AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KAT
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 231817 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. WIZ015-016-027-240230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN RUSK...BARRON...AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES SHOULD BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT... WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-WIZ014-023>026-028-240230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ MNZ054>058-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-240230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...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 1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 240232 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 832 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THIS WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A MUCH MORE INTENSE ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...NAMELY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW....WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND NORTHWARD UP TO ZUMBROTA. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING WILL ONLY SEE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN... WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 1 AM TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. WHERE SNOW OCCURS...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE MORE POTENT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 8 TO 11 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 14 TO 17 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS....ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS... INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-241045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 832 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THIS WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A MUCH MORE INTENSE ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...NAMELY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW....WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. REGIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ONLY SNOW TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 1 AM TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. WHERE SNOW OCCURS...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE MORE POTENT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 8 TO 11 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 14 TO 17 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS....ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS... INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ MNZ054>058-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-241045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...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 832 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THIS WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A MUCH MORE INTENSE ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...NAMELY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW....WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND NORTHWARD UP TO ZUMBROTA. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING WILL ONLY SEE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN... WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 1 AM TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. WHERE SNOW OCCURS...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE MORE POTENT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SN
000 WWUS43 KMPX 240244 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 836 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND NORTHWARD UP TO ZUMBROTA FRIDAY EVENING. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING WILL MAINLY SEE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 1 AM TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. WHERE SNOW OCCURS...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE MORE POTENT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 8 TO 11 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 14 TO 17 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS....ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS... INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-241100- /O.COR.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 836 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... .LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND EXPAND ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 1 AM TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. WHERE SNOW OCCURS...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE MORE POTENT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 8 TO 11 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 14 TO 17 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS....ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS... INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ MNZ054>058-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-241100- /O.COR.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...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 836 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND NORTHWARD UP TO ZUMBROTA ON FRIDAY EVENING. THESE PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE ONES OBSERVED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE MORE POTENT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 8 TO 11 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 14 TO 17 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS....ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND...ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS... INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$
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CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
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TEMP 16 11 24 22 15 9 26 26 21 18 30 27 19 13 25 24
DEWPT 11 8 10 11 9 6 11 14 15 15 16 17 14
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DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 28 20 28 16 28
TEMP 16 19 26 28 26 24 22 21 20 22 26 28 25 21 19 17 16 20 25 28 23
DEWPT 13 16 17 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 19 17 15 15 14 14 15 15
RH 88 88 68 63 71 77 84 88 96 88 78 71 81 92 92 92 96 77 62 58 71
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 17 21 23 20 21 24 24 26 25 23 24 23 20 14 14 13 13 13 12 10 8
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 60 100 90 70 50
QPF 12HR 0.03-0.09 0.14-0.24 0.28-0.38 0.09 0.05
SNOW 12HR 1 2 4
FLURRIES O C
SNOW C C C C C O O O D D D D L L L L C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM A A A A A A A A
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 12 27 10 30 17 34 14 28
TEMP 17 12 24 22 15 10 26 27 21 17 31 28 20 14 25 24
DEWPT 11 9 10 11 9 7 11 15 15 14 16 18 15 12 12 12
PWIND DIR NE NE E SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 30 10 10 10 30 40 40 30
FLURRIES C C C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C
$$
WIZ020-242200-
MENOMINEE-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 28 21 28 17 28
TEMP 17 20 26 28 26 24 23 22 21 23 26 28 25 22 20 18 17 20 26 28 24
DEWPT 14 16 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 21 22 22 22 21 19 17 16 16 16 16 15
RH 88 84 71 66 74 81 84 92 96 92 85 78 88 96 96 96 96 84 65 60 68
WIND DIR E E E E E E E 50
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.39-0.52 0.30 0.09 0.05
SNOW 12HR 1 6 4
FLURRIES O C
SNOW O C C C L O O O D D D D L L L L C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06
DATA LOST
Select WeatherWire Option :
---------------------------
1) WMO Header Database
2) PIL Header Database
3) Priority Codes
4) Terminal Configuration
5) Test Message
=>
** Starting WeatherWire Message Display **
(Press ENTER to view Options Menu)
Select WeatherWire Option :
---------------------------
1) WMO Header Database
2) PIL Header Database
3) Priority Codes
4) Terminal Configuration
5) Test Message
=>
** Starting WeatherWire Message Display **
(Press ENTER to view Options Menu)
12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 14 29 14 33 21 36 17 31
TEMP 18 14 26 25 18 14 30 30 24 21 33 31 22 17 28 27
DEWPT 14 11 12 13 12 11 15 17 17 18 19 20 16 15 11 11
PWIND DIR N NE E SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 30 10 10 30 40 40 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C C C
RAIN C C C
SNOW C C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C
$$
WIZ036-242200-
PORTAGE-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 30 24 30 20 29
TEMP 20 23 28 30 28 27 26 25 24 26 29 30 27 25 23 21 20 23 27 29 25
DEWPT 19 20 21 21 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 23 21 19 18 17 17 17 19 19
RH 96 88 75 69 75 78 85 92 96 92 81 78 85 84 84 88 88 77 65 66 78
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 18 21 24 23 25 27 28 28 25 24 23 23 18 14 13 13 12 13 12 10 8
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 80 100 90 70 50
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.34-0.51 0.33 0.10 0.05
SNOW 12HR 1 5 5
FLURRIES O C
SNOW O C C C L O O O D D D D L L L L C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 14 29 14 34 20 36 17 31
TEMP 18 14 26 25 18 14 30 30 24 20 33 31 22 17 28 27
DEWPT 14 11 12 13 12 11 15 17 17 17 19 19 16 15 12 12
PWIND DIR N N E SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 30 10 10 30 40 40 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C C C
RAIN C C C
SNOW C C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C
$$
WIZ037-242200-
WAUPACA-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 30 24 30 21 29
TEMP 20 23 28 30 28 27 26 25 24 26 29 30 27 25 23 22 21 23 27 29 25
DEWPT 17 18 20 20 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 23 22 20 18 17 17 17 18 18
RH 88 81 71 66 75 78 85 92 96 92 81 78 85 88 88 84 84 77 65 63 74
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 16 20 23 20 23 26 26 26 25 23 23 21 19 16 14 13 13 13 13 11 9
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 80 100 90 70 60
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.29-0.50 0.34-0.42 0.12 0.06
SNOW 12HR T 5 5
FLURRIES O C
SNOW O C C C C O O O D D D D L L L L L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 14 29 14 34 20 36 17 31
TEMP 18 14 26 25 18 14 30 30 24 20 33 31 22 17 28 27
DEWPT 13 11 13 14 13 11 14 17 17 17 19 20 17 15 13 14
PWIND DIR N N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 30 10 10 30 40 40 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C C C
RAIN C C C
SNOW C C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C
$$
WIZ038-242200-
OUTAGAMIE-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 31 24 30 21 30
TEMP 20 23 29 31 29 27 26 25 24 26 29 30 28 25 24 22 21 24 28 30 26
DEWPT 17 18 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 18 18 18
RH 88 81 69 63 69 78 85 92 96 92 81 78 81 88 88 92 92 77 66 60 71
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 14 19 21 19 21 25 26 26 25 23 23 20 18 16 14 13 13 14 14 12 10
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 80 100 90 70 60
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.28-0.44 0.37-0.47 0.12-0.18 0.09
SNOW 12HR T 4 6
FLURRIES O
SNOW O C C C C O O O D D D D L L L L L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 15 29 15 34 20 35 18 32
TEMP 19 15 26 25 19 15 30 30 24 20 32 30 23 18 29 28
DEWPT 14 12 14 15 14 12 15 18 18 17 20 21 18 16 15 16
PWIND DIR N N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 10 10 10 30 40 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C C C
$$
WIZ039-242200-
BROWN-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 32 25 30 22 30
TEMP 20 23 30 32 30 28 27 26 25 26 29 30 28 26 24 23 22 24 28 30 26
DEWPT 16 18 19 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 24 23 22 21 20 20 20 20 19
RH 84 81 63 58 66 75 81 88 92 92 81 78 85 88 92 92 92 84 71 66 74
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 14 19 20 18 20 24 25 27 25 24 23 20 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 13 12
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 70 100 90 80 70
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.21-0.35 0.42-0.49 0.18 0.11
SNOW 12HR T 3 6
FLURRIES O
SNOW O C S S C O O O D D D D O O O O L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 17 29 15 34 21 35 19 32
TEMP 21 17 26 25 19 15 31 30 25 21 32 30 23 19 30 28
DEWPT 16 14 16 17 15 12 16 19 18 18 21 22 20 17 17 18
PWIND DIR N N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 30 10 10 30 40 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C C C
$$
WIZ045-242200-
WAUSHARA-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 31 24 30 22 30
TEMP 21 24 29 31 29 27 26 25 24 26 29 30 28 26 24 23 22 24 28 30 26
DEWPT 18 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 23 24 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 18 19 19
RH 88 84 72 66 72 81 85 88 96 92 85 78 81 85 88 88 88 77 66 63 74
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 17 20 23 23 24 27 27 27 24 23 21 20 17 13 13 13 12 13 12 10 8
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 80 100 90 70 60
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.49-0.55 0.33 0.12 0.05-0.10
SNOW 12HR T 6 5
FLURRIES O C
SNOW O C C C L O O O D D D D L L L L L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 15 29 15 34 23 36 18 33
TEMP 19 15 26 25 19 15 31 31 26 23 33 31 23 18 30 29
DEWPT 15 12 14 15 14 12 15 18 18 20 21 21 17 16 14 15
PWIND DIR N N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 30 10 10 30 40 50 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C C C
RAIN C C C
SNOW C C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C
$$
WIZ048-242200-
WINNEBAGO-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 31 24 30 22 31
TEMP 22 25 29 31 29 27 26 25 24 26 29 30 28 26 24 23 22 25 29 31 27
DEWPT 17 18 20 19 21 22 22 22 23 24 25 24 23 22 21 21 20 19 19 19 19
RH 81 74 69 61 72 81 85 88 96 92 85 78 81 85 88 92 92 78 66 61 71
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 16 19 23 21 23 26 26 26 24 23 21 20 17 14 13 12 12 13 13 11 9
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 80 100 90 80 60
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.42-0.55 0.33-0.39 0.15 0.07-0.13
SNOW 12HR T 6 5
FLURRIES O
SNOW O C C C L O O O D D D D O O O O L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 16 29 15 34 22 36 18 33
TEMP 20 16 26 25 19 15 31 31 25 22 33 31 23 18 30 29
DEWPT 16 13 15 16 14 12 16 19 19 19 21 22 19 16 17 18
PWIND DIR N N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 10 10 10 30 50 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C
$$
WIZ049-242200-
CALUMET-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 32 25 30 23 31
TEMP 21 24 30 32 30 28 27 26 25 26 29 30 28 26 25 24 23 25 29 31 27
DEWPT 17 19 20 19 21 22 22 22 23 24 25 25 24 23 22 21 20 20 20 20 19
RH 84 81 66 58 69 78 81 85 92 92 85 81 85 88 88 88 88 81 69 63 71
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 16 20 21 20 23 26 27 27 24 24 23 20 18 16 14 13 13 14 14 12 10
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 80 100 90 80 70
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.35-0.52 0.40 0.17 0.12
SNOW 12HR T 5 6
FLURRIES O
SNOW O C C C C O O O D D D D O O O O L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 17 29 15 34 22 36 19 33
TEMP 21 17 26 25 19 15 31 31 25 22 33 31 24 19 30 29
DEWPT 17 14 16 17 15 12 16 20 19 19 22 23 20 17 18 19
PWIND DIR N N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 30 10 10 30 50 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C C C
$$
WIZ022-242200-
DOOR-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 29 24 29 23 30
TEMP 21 24 28 29 28 27 26 25 24 25 28 29 27 26 25 24 23 25 28 30 27
DEWPT 14 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 23 24 24 24 24 23 22 22 21 22 22 21
RH 74 71 63 63 68 74 78 84 88 92 85 81 88 92 92 92 96 84 78 72 78
WIND DIR E E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 14 19 19 19 20 24 25 27 29 28 28 25 23 23 23 21 20 19 18 18 16
WIND GUST 31 31
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 30 100 90 80 70
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.08-0.19 0.30-0.50 0.20 0.11-0.17
SNOW 12HR T 1 6
FLURRIES O
SNOW C S C O O O D D D D O O O O L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM A A A A A A A A
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 20 29 18 33 21 33 21 30
TEMP 23 20 27 26 21 18 30 30 25 21 31 30 24 21 28 27
DEWPT 19 17 18 18 17 15 18 20 19 18 22 23 21 19 19 20
PWIND DIR NE NE NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 30 10 10 30 40 40 30
FLURRIES C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C C C
$$
WIZ040-242200-
KEWAUNEE-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 32 26 30 23 30
TEMP 21 24 30 32 30 28 27 26 26 27 29 30 28 26 25 24 23 25 28 30 27
DEWPT 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 25 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 21
RH 74 74 60 58 66 75 81 88 88 88 81 78 88 92 92 92 92 84 75 69 78
WIND DIR SE E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 14 19 19 18 20 25 25 28 27 26 25 21 19 20 19 18 17 17 17 16 14
WIND GUST 28
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 60 100 90 80 70
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.17-0.28 0.48 0.19 0.11
SNOW 12HR T 3 7
FLURRIES O
SNOW O S C O O O D D D D O O O O L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 19 29 17 34 21 34 20 31
TEMP 22 19 27 26 20 17 31 30 25 21 31 30 24 20 29 28
DEWPT 18 16 18 18 16 14 18 20 20 18 22 23 21 18 19 19
PWIND DIR NE N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 30 10 10 30 40 40 30
FLURRIES C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C C C
$$
WIZ050-242200-
MANITOWOC-
502 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
DATE SAT 02/24/07 SUN 02/25/07 MON 02/26/07
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
MAX/MIN 32 26 30 24 31
TEMP 22 25 30 32 30 29 28 26 26 27 29 30 28 26 25 25 24 26 29 31 27
DEWPT 16 18 19 19 21 22 22 22 23 24 25 25 25 24 23 22 22 22 22 22 21
RH 77 74 63 58 69 75 78 85 88 88 85 81 88 92 92 88 92 85 75 69 78
WIND DIR SE E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 16 20 20 20 21 26 27 28 26 25 24 20 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 14 12
WIND GUST 31
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
POP 12HR 70 100 90 80 70
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.26-0.51 0.40-0.46 0.20 0.12
SNOW 12HR T 3-6 6
FLURRIES O
SNOW O C S S C O O O D D D D O O O O L L L L
SNOWSHWRS C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WINTER STORM W W W W W W W W W
DATE TUE 02/27/07 WED 02/28/07 THU 03/01/07 FRI 03/02/07
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
MIN/MAX 19 29 17 34 23 35 21 32
TEMP 22 19 27 26 20 17 31 31 26 23 32 31 25 21 30 29
DEWPT 19 16 18 18 16 14 18 21 20 20 22 24 21 19 19 20
PWIND DIR N N NE SE SE SE S SW
WIND CHAR GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 40 30 10 10 30 50 30 30
FLURRIES C C C C
RAIN C C
SNOW C C C C C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C C C C
$$000 WWUS43 KMPX 241519 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 919 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...THE WORST IS YET TO COME...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL EXPECTED TO STRIKE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .OVERNIGHT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA RECEIVED FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...RATHER THAN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. DO NOT BE FOOLED...THE HEAVY SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO ENGULF MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING. AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO REDWOOD FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...DURING PART OF TODAY...BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER. STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM TAPERS OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SOME AREAS COULD EASILY SEE TOTALS REACHING THE 14 TO 16 INCH RANGE. OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT...THE STORM WILL REMAIN MOSTLY A SNOW EVENT. AREAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES...LIKE RIVER FALLS AND DURAND...SHOULD ANTICIPATE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. STORM TOTALS WILL BE GENERALLY IN THE 8 TO 14 INCH RANGE...BUT SOME AREAS COULD SEE CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THIS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RAKE THE AREA...CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS DURING PERIODS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL. AN ICY GLAZE WAS REPORTED UNDERNEATH SNOW COVERED ROADS THIS MORNING...SO THE SNOWY SURFACES MAY BE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS....ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS... INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 242100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 919 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA RECEIVED FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...RATHER THAN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. DO NOT BE FOOLED...THE HEAVY SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO ENGULF MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING. AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO REDWOOD FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...DURING PART OF TODAY...BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER. STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM TAPERS OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SOME AREAS COULD EASILY SEE TOTALS REACHING THE 14 TO 16 INCH RANGE. OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT...THE STORM WILL REMAIN MOSTLY A SNOW EVENT. AREAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES...LIKE RIVER FALLS AND DURAND...SHOULD ANTICIPATE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. STORM TOTALS WILL BE GENERALLY IN THE 8 TO 14 INCH RANGE...BUT SOME AREAS COULD SEE CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THIS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RAKE THE AREA...CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS DURING PERIODS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL. AN ICY GLAZE WAS REPORTED UNDERNEATH SNOW COVERED ROADS THIS MORNING...SO THE SNOWY SURFACES MAY BE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS....ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND... ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS... INCLUDING PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ RJN
000 WWUS43 KMPX 241655 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1055 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS...CONDITIONS TO WORSEN EVEN MORE... .THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HAD CHANGED OVER TO PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. FROM HERE ON...THROUGH SUNDAY...EXPECT THE PRIMARY FORM OF THE PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW. SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 10 INCH TO 15 INCH CATEGORY FOR MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF SAINT CLOUD...AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. IT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW LOCALITIES REPORT CLOSE TO 20 INCHES. LOCATIONS SURROUNDING THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE TOTALS OF FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. THIS WOULD INCLUDE MANKATO...REDWOOD FALLS...ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS... RICE LAKE...AND LADYSMITH. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. IN OPEN AREAS...WHITEOUT CONDITONS ARE EXPECTED. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. DO NOT BECOME A CASUALTY OF THIS WELL ADVERTISED STORM. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 242130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1055 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HAD CHANGED OVER TO PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. FROM HERE ON...THROUGH SUNDAY...EXPECT THE PRIMARY FORM OF THE PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW. SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 10 INCH TO 15 INCH CATEGORY FOR MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF SAINT CLOUD...AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. IT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW LOCALITIES REPORT CLOSE TO 20 INCHES. LOCATIONS SURROUNDING THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE TOTALS OF FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. THIS WOULD INCLUDE MANKATO...REDWOOD FALLS...ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS... RICE LAKE...AND LADYSMITH. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. IN OPEN AREAS...WHITEOUT CONDITONS ARE EXPECTED. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. CONSIDER POSTPONING OR CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. DO NOT BECOME A CASUALTY OF THIS WELL ADVERTISED STORM. $$ RJN
000 WWUS43 KMPX 241944 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 144 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS... .THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL REMAIN A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A RAPID TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. GLAZING OF UNTREATED SURFACES CAN BE EXPECTED PRIOR TO THE CHANGEOVER. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH SUNDAY OF A FOOT OR MORE IS STILL LIKELY. AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE TO NEW ULM CAN ANTICIPATE PRIMARILY SNOW FOR THE REST OF TODAY...THROUGH SUNDAY. STORM TOTALS IN THOSE AREAS WILL BE IN THE 6 INCH TO ONE FOOT CATEGORY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...AT TIMES...IN OPEN AREAS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 250000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 144 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL REMAIN A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A RAPID TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. GLAZING OF UNTREATED SURFACES CAN BE EXPECTED PRIOR TO THE CHANGEOVER. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH SUNDAY OF A FOOT OR MORE IS STILL LIKELY. AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE TO NEW ULM CAN ANTICIPATE PRIMARILY SNOW FOR THE REST OF TODAY...THROUGH SUNDAY. STORM TOTALS IN THOSE AREAS WILL BE IN THE 6 INCH TO ONE FOOT CATEGORY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...AT TIMES...IN OPEN AREAS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ RJN
000 WWUS43 KMPX 242249 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 449 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...LONG DURATION AND DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS... .SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 14 TO 18 INCH RANGE ALONG AND EAST OF A SAINT CLOUD...TO TWIN CITIES METRO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE. IT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW LOCALITIES REPORT CLOSE TO 20 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MINNESOTA WISCONSIN BORDER AND EASTWARD TOWARD BALDWIN AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND FAIRMONT...WILL BE IN THE 6 INCH TO ONE FOOT CATEGORY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...AT TIMES...IN OPEN AREAS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 250700- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 449 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM...WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 14 INCH TO 18 INCH RANGE ALONG AND EAST OF A SAINT CLOUD...TO TWIN CITIES METRO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE. IT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW LOCALITIES REPORT CLOSE TO 20 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FROM THE MINNESOTA WISCONSIN BORDER TOWARD BALDWIN AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND FAIRMONT...WILL BE IN THE 6 INCH TO ONE FOOT CATEGORY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...AT TIMES...IN OPEN AREAS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ LS
000 WWUS43 KMPX 250510 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1110 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...LONG DURATION AND DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS... .SNOW WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE THIS EVENING...BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS LOCATED IN A BAND FROM EAST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS GENERAL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR...AND SOMETIMES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW WILL NOT BE QUITE AS INTENSE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SNOW WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AS WELL WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY BANDS OF NOW. EXPECT STRONG EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND SPEEDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS STILL LIKELY. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 16 INCH TO 22 INCH RANGE ALONG AND EAST OF A SAINT CLOUD...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO LINE. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA... REDWOOD FALLS...AND FAIRMONT...WILL BE IN THE 9 INCH TO 16 INCH RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...AT TIMES...IN OPEN AREAS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 251315- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1110 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT...BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS LOCATED IN A BAND FROM EAST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SNOW WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AS WELL WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY BANDS OF NOW. EXPECT STRONG EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS SPEEDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS STILL LIKELY. SNOW WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL LIKELY. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 10 INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NEAR 22 INCHES OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 251058 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 458 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATER TODAY... .SNOW ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUED TO CUT VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS ACROSS A GOOD STRETCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS SUNDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WAS CHALLENGING AT BEST AND IN SOME CASES NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF OUTSTATE MINNESOTA AS A RESULT OF SNOWFALL THAT WILL END UP AVERAGING BETWEEN 12 AND 18 INCHES BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A STRIP OF 15 TO 18 INCH SNOW TOTALS IS EXPECTED FROM THE WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON NORTHWARD THROUGH LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...SAINT CLOUD AND MORA...AND EASTWARD ACROSS CAMBRIDGE TO POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN. GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A CONTINUATION OF EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS SUNDAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 251900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 458 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH POOR VISIBILITY...AN IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY IS NOTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO THE SOUTH OF MANKATO. MUCH OF THIS STORMS SNOWFALL WILL HAVE OCCURRED BY DAYBREAK THIS SUNDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS OF ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA FROM 6 AM THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT TODAY OVER OPEN COUNTRY. FINAL SNOW TOTALS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A STRIP OF 15 TO 18 INCH SNOW TOTALS IS EXPECTED FROM THE WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON NORTHWARD THROUGH LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...SAINT CLOUD AND MORA...AND EASTWARD ACROSS CAMBRIDGE TO POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 251806 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1206 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION... .BANDS OF SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE...CONTINUED TO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE REGION AT MIDDAY. ONE SUCH BAND STRETCHED NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG INTERSTATE 35...FROM NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES TO ALBERT LEA. THE BAND OF SNOW HAS PRODUCED VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT ST PAUL. THIS BAND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ST CLOUD...HUTCHINSON AND FAIRMONT AREAS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW STRETCHED NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MORRIS TO APPLETON AND CANBY. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CONTINUED TO CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE WINDS AND SNOW BANDS DIMINISH. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AN INCH OR TWO...ESPECIALLY FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH. THE WINTRY WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PROGRESS TO MICHIGAN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 260000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1206 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BANDS OF SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE...WILL BE ENCOUNTERED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE. THE WINDS AND SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 252136 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 336 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...POWERFUL STORM MOVING AWAY... .A STRONG AND LARGE STORM SYSTEM WAS WEAKENING AND MOVING AWAY... LEAVING A WIDE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW IN ITS WAKE. MANY AREAS SAW MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW. THE SNOW HAD DIMINISHED QUITE A BIT...WITH JUST SOME LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN AS WELL AS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME ISOLATED SECTIONS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COULD SEE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT MOST AREAS SHOULD HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY THE REST OF TODAY. WINDS HAD ALSO DIMINISHED. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. ALTHOUGH MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN PLOWED...THERE MAY BE SOME SLICK SPOTS OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND REMAINING MOISTURE FREEZES...ESPECIALLY NEAR BRIDGES AND RAMPS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 252245- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 336 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WAS STILL FALLING IN MANY AREAS ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN AS WELL AS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. WINDS HAD ALSO DIMINISHED. THEREFORE THE WINER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN PLOWED...THERE MAY BE SOME SLICK SPOTS OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND REMAINING MOISTURE FREEZES...ESPECIALLY NEAR BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ TDK
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.