Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 280235
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
835 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND 
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6
PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL
GREATLY IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS EXPECTED HEAVY
SNOW AS WELL AS INCREASING WINDS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
SHOULD BEGIN ACCUMULATING IN PLACES SUCH AS CANBY...MORRIS...ST.
JAMES AND MONTEVIDEO BEFORE NOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD REACH
PLACES SUCH AS ST. CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...AND FARIBAULT BY THE
EVENING RUSH HOUR. WESTERN WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW
DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING. BOUTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS
OUT OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE INTO WISCONSIN. THIS STRONG STORM
SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WHICH MAY
RIVAL LAST WEEKENDS STORM. ENOUGH WARM AIR MAY WORK INTO THIS
STORM TO PRODUCE SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FINAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE ONE FOOT RANGE OR MORE IN MANY AREAS BY
THE TIME SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS END ON FRIDAY.

IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUE TO BREW OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER
THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-281045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
835 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6
PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ANOTHER
MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL GREATLY IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THIS EXPECTED HEAVY SNOW AS WELL AS INCREASING WINDS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
SHOULD BEGIN ACCUMULATING IN PLACES SUCH AS CANBY...MORRIS...ST.
JAMES AND MONTEVIDEO BEFORE NOON. BOUTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE MAIN
STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE INTO WISCONSIN.
THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WHICH MAY RIVAL LAST WEEKENDS STORM. FINAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE ONE FOOT RANGE IN MANY
AREAS BY THE TIME SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS END ON FRIDAY.

ADDITIONAL SNOWS WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE
MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA INTO
WISCONSIN. SEVERAL MORE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH INCREASING
NORTH WINDS WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

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.

A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUE TO BREW OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER
THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING.


$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-281045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
835 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 


A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6
PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL GREATLY IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THIS EXPECTED HEAVY SNOW AS WELL AS INCREASING WINDS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
SHOULD BEGIN ACCUMULATING IN PLACES SUCH AS CANBY...MORRIS...ST.
JAMES AND MONTEVIDEO BEFORE NOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD REACH
PLACES SUCH AS ST. CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...AND FARIBAULT BY THE
EVENING RUSH HOUR. BOUTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE INTO WISCONSIN. THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM HAS
THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WHICH MAY RIVAL LAST
WEEKENDS STORM. ENOUGH WARM AIR MAY WORK INTO THIS STORM TO
PRODUCE SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FINAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
CLIMB INTO THE ONE FOOT RANGE OR MORE IN MANY AREAS BY THE TIME
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS END ON FRIDAY.

IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUE TO BREW OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER
THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING.


$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-281045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
835 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6
PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER
STORM WILL GREATLY IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS
EXPECTED HEAVY SNOW AS WELL AS INCREASING WINDS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
SHOULD BEGIN ACCUMULATING IN PLACES ST. CLOUD...THE TWIN
CITIES...AND FARIBAULT BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. WESTERN WISCONSIN
SHOULD SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING ON WEDNESDAY.
BOUTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO EARLY
FRIDAY AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE INTO WISCONSIN. THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM HAS THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WHICH MAY RIVAL LAST
WEEKENDS STORM. FINAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO
THE ONE FOOT RANGE OR MORE IN MANY AREAS BY THE TIME SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS END ON FRIDAY.

IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUE TO BREW OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER
THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING.


$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 281051
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...SIGNIFICANT AND WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TODAY ACROSS MINNESOTA
AND TONIGHT ACROSS WISCONSIN WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...

.ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WINTER
STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND
POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG
WINDS AND IMPACTING THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING
TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING
WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE MORNING
TODAY...AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
CANBY...MORRIS...AND MONTEVIDEO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ST.
CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALBERT LEA CAN EXPECT TO SEE
ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGIN BY OR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING RUSH HOUR. SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THIS EVENING IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR
MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. BRIEF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF FOOT IN
PLACES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA NAMELY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...LEADING
TO SLICK ROADWAYS.

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY.


MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-281900-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6
PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. .ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM 
WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING
INTO THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WINTER
STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND
POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG
WINDS AND IMPACTING THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING
TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING
WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN ST.
CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALBERT LEA BY OR DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW WILL LAST INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. BRIEF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
HALF FOOT IN PLACES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NAMELY ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR TONIGHT...LEADING TO SLICK ROADWAYS.

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-90...I-35...I-94...AND IN THE TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-281900-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WINTER
STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND
POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG
WINDS AND IMPACTING THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING
TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING
WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE MORNING
TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
CANBY...MORRIS...AND MONTEVIDEO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL
LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF FOOT IN PLACES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...POTENTIALLY LEADING TO SLICK ROADWAYS.

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-90.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-281900-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

.ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WINTER
STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND
POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG
WINDS AND IMPACTING THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING
TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING
WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-94. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF FOOT IN PLACES
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-94.


$$

MTF

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 281100 CCA
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TODAY ACROSS MINNESOTA AND 
TONIGHT ACROSS WISCONSIN WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON 
THURSDAY...

.ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST 
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE 
JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE 
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS 
IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED 
TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND 
CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND 
THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE MORNING
TODAY...AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
CANBY...MORRIS...AND MONTEVIDEO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ST.
CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALBERT LEA CAN EXPECT TO SEE
ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGIN BY OR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING RUSH HOUR. SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THIS EVENING IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR
MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. BRIEF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF FOOT IN
PLACES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA NAMELY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...LEADING
TO SLICK ROADWAYS.

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY PLACES 
ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.


MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-281900-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6
PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. 

ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST 
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE 
JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE 
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS 
IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED 
TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND 
CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND 
THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN ST.
CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...AND ALBERT LEA BY OR DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW WILL LAST INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. BRIEF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
HALF FOOT IN PLACES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NAMELY ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR TONIGHT...LEADING TO SLICK ROADWAYS.

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY PLACES 
ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-90...I-35...I-94...AND IN THE TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-281900-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST 
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE 
JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE 
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS 
IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED 
TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND 
CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND 
THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE MORNING
TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
CANBY...MORRIS...AND MONTEVIDEO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL
LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF FOOT IN PLACES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...POTENTIALLY LEADING TO SLICK ROADWAYS.

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY PLACES 
ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-90.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-281900-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
451 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST 
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE 
JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE 
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS 
IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED 
TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND 
CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND 
THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-94. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF FOOT IN PLACES
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

DURING THURSDAY DRASTICALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY
MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW
AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY PLACES 
ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-94.


$$

MTF

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 281912
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
112 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM STILL ON THE WAY ACROSS MINNESOTA
AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...

.THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST
WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF
ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE
WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS
HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING
TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET OR FREEING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN SHOULD PICK
UP FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY DRASTICALLY
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN
TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO TWENTY
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.


MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-010315-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
112 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET OR FREEING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE I-90.
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA SHOULD PICK UP FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.

DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY DRASTICALLY
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE
APPEARING LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN
TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO TWENTY
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.

THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN
PLACES AND THE STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
IN MANY PLACES ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO
TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...
INCLUDING ALONG I-90.

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-010315-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
112 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
BEGINNING TODAY AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE
JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS
IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL
NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING
WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET OR FREEING RAIN COULD MIX
WITH THE SNOW IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE I-90. SNOW SHOULD REACH THE TWIN CITIES AREA DURING
THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.  THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD PICK UP FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF SNOW.

DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY DRASTICALLY
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THURSDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY
ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT TO TWENTY
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...
INCLUDING ALONG I-90...I-35...I-94...AND IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO
AREA.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-010315-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
112 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY. THIS WINTER
STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND
POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ACCOMPANYING STRONG
WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE WEEKDAYS. PERSONS
PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW AND THE
INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING PLANS DURING
TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY
ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-94. ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS SHOULD BE AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES. 

DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY DRASTICALLY
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
FREQUENTLY HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO MAKE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PLACES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THURSDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY
ARE APPEARING MORE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACES AND THE
STIFF WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MANY
PLACES ON FRIDAY. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AT LEAST A
FOOT.A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...
INCLUDING ALONG I-94.

$$
BAP

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 282121
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
254 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM STILL ON THE WAY ACROSS MINNESOTA AND
INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...

.SNOW WAS ADVANCING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND
AREAS TOWARD LITCHFIELD AND MORRIS DURING THE EVENING RUSH
HOUR. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW
AMOUNTS FROM THIS FIRST BURST OF SNOW SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 2 TO 4
INCH RANGE. SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE MAIN IMPACT OF THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BE FELT BEGINNING
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF STORM APPROACHES SOUTHERN IOWA.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS INTO WISCONSIN
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN SHOULD BE A FOOT OR BETTER. STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL CAUSING POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST
WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF
ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE
WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS
HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING
TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.


MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-010500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
254 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER ACROSS WESTERN
MINNESOTA THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW SHOULD
ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS
EVENING.

THE MAIN IMPACT OF THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BE FELT BEGINNING
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF STORM APPROACHES SOUTHERN IOWA.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS INTO WISCONSIN
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN SHOULD BE A FOOT OR BETTER. STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL CAUSING POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST
WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF
ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE
WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS
HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING
TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.


$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-010500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
254 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WAS ADVANCING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND
AREAS TOWARD LITCHFIELD AND MORRIS DURING THE EVENING RUSH
HOUR. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW
AMOUNTS FROM THIS FIRST BURST OF SNOW SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 2 TO 4
INCH RANGE. SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE MAIN IMPACT OF THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BE FELT BEGINNING
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF STORM APPROACHES SOUTHERN IOWA.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS INTO WISCONSIN
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN SHOULD BE A FOOT OR BETTER. STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL CAUSING POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST
WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF
ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE
WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS
HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING
TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.


$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-010500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
254 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WAS ADVANCING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BY 4
PM AND AREAS TOWARD EAU CLAIRE AND RICE LAKE EARLY THIS EVENING.
SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS FIRST BURST OF SNOW SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE
2 TO 4 INCH RANGE.

THE MAIN IMPACT OF THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BE FELT BEGINNING
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF STORM APPROACHES SOUTHERN IOWA.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS INTO WISCONSIN
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN SHOULD BE A FOOT OR BETTER. STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL CAUSING POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST
WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF
ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE
WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS
HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING
TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 010300
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
900 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON THE WAY ACROSS MINNESOTA AND INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...

.SNOW WAS ADVANCING NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. IT WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS FIRST
BURST OF SNOW SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. SOME
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AFTER
MIDNIGHT...SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE MAIN IMPACT OF THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BE FELT BEGINNING
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF STORM APPROACHES SOUTHERN IOWA.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS INTO WISCONSIN
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN SHOULD BE A FOOT OR BETTER. STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL CAUSING POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST
WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF
ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE
WEEK. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS HEAVY
SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING TRAVELING
PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE APPEARING MORE
LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
011100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
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
900 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER ACROSS WESTERN
MINNESOTA THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW SHOULD
ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE MAIN IMPACT OF THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL BE FELT BEGINNING
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF STORM APPROACHES SOUTHERN IOWA.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS INTO WISCONSIN
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN SHOULD BE A FOOT OR BETTER. STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL CAUSING POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE JUST AS POTENT AS THE ONE THIS PAST
WEEKEND...AND POTENTIALLY BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF
ACCOMPANYING STRONG WINDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA DURING THE
WEEKDAYS. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS
HEAVY SNOW AND THE INCREASING WINDS...AND CONSIDER CANCELING
TRAVELING PLANS DURING TIMES WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
APPEARING MORE LIKELY...NAMELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 011114
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
514 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...MOST INTENSE TIME OF WINTER STORM TODAY AND THIS EVENING...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THOUGH TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SAFE
DURING THE EARLY TO MID-MORNING...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL SET IN
LATER TODAY.

FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES DOWN TO ALBERT
LEA AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL CREATE SLICK ROADWAYS DURING
THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING AS A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM KANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA AND WILL FREQUENTLY BE HEAVY THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON.
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON UP TO 20 TO
25 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR OR
TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE
REGION. THIS INCLUDES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED
IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO
MANKATO AND FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR.
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL CONTINUING TO IMPEDE
TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.


MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-011915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
514 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
THOUGH TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SAFE DURING THE EARLY TO
MID-MORNING...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL SET IN LATER TODAY.

AS A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM KANSAS THIS
SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WILL FREQUENTLY BE
HEAVY THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH THE
HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR OR TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES
WITH ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH 
THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND MOTORISTS
SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL CONTINUING TO
IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-90.

$$

MNZ060-062-063-066-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
011915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...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
514 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THOUGH TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SAFE
DURING THE EARLY TO MID-MORNING...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL SET IN
LATER TODAY.

FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES DOWN TO ALBERT
LEA AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL CREATE SLICK ROADWAYS DURING
THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING AS A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM KANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA AND WILL FREQUENTLY BE HEAVY THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON.
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON UP TO 20 TO
25 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR OR
TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE
REGION. THIS INCLUDES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
RUSH HOUR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING
TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...CONTINUING TO
IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35...I-94...I-90...AND
IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ041>045-048>053-058-059-061-011915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE
514 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THOUGH
TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SAFE DURING THE EARLY TO MID-
MORNING...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL SET IN LATER TODAY.

FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES DOWN TO ALBERT
LEA AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL CREATE SLICK ROADWAYS DURING
THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING AS A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM KANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA AND WILL FREQUENTLY BE HEAVY THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON.
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON UP TO 20 TO
25 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR OR
TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE
REGION. THIS INCLUDES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
RUSH HOUR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING
TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...CONTINUING TO
IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35 AND I-94.

$$

MTF

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 012054
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1251 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...MOST INTENSE TIME OF WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO
LATE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL SET IN LATER
TODAY.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF NOON...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 7 INCHES...WITH AN AVERAGE OF 4 TO 6
INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TRANSLATING
NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PREVALENT IN THE
BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON UP TO
15 TO 25 MPH. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND MOTORISTS
SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL CONTINUING TO IMPEDE
TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-020300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
1251 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO
LATE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL SET IN LATER
TODAY.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF NOON...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 7 INCHES...WITH AN AVERAGE OF 4 TO 6
INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TRANSLATING
NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PREVALENT IN THE
BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON UP TO
15 TO 25 MPH. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND MOTORISTS
SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL CONTINUING TO IMPEDE
TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-90.

$$

MNZ060-062-063-066-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
020300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...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
1251 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO
LATE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL SET IN LATER
TODAY.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF NOON...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 7 INCHES...WITH AN AVERAGE OF 4 TO 6
INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TRANSLATING
NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PREVALENT IN THE
BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON UP TO
15 TO 25 MPH. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND MOTORISTS
SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL CONTINUING TO IMPEDE
TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35...I-94...I-90...AND
IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ041>045-048>053-058-059-061-020300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE
1251 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO
LATE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL SET IN LATER
TODAY.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF NOON...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 7 INCHES...WITH AN AVERAGE OF 4 TO 6
INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TRANSLATING
NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PREVALENT IN THE
BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON UP TO
15 TO 25 MPH. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND MOTORISTS
SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL CONTINUING TO IMPEDE
TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35 AND I-94.

$$

KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 012134
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
334 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...MOST INTENSE TIME OF WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT LEA...HAVE
BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF
330 PM...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 10.5 INCHES...WITH
AN AVERAGE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE
TRANSLATING NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
PREVALENT IN THE BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...REACHING
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO
FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...CONTINUING
TO IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-020545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
334 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT LEA...HAVE
BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF
330 PM...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 10.5 INCHES...WITH
AN AVERAGE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE
TRANSLATING NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
PREVALENT IN THE BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...REACHING
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO
FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...CONTINUING
TO IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-90.

$$

MNZ060-062-063-066-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
020545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...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
334 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT LEA...HAVE
BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF
330 PM...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 10.5 INCHES...WITH
AN AVERAGE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE
TRANSLATING NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
PREVALENT IN THE BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...REACHING
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO
FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...CONTINUING
TO IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35...I-94...I-90...AND
IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ041>045-048>053-058-059-061-020545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE
334 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT LEA...HAVE
BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

SEVERAL SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EXTENDING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF
330 PM...MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REACHED 10.5 INCHES...WITH
AN AVERAGE OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE BANDS. THE SNOW BANDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE
TRANSLATING NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
PREVALENT IN THE BANDS...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...REACHING
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE MOST SUSTAINED
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FAVORED IN OPEN AREAS FROM MONTEVIDEO
DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY TO MANKATO AND
FAIRMONT...INCLUDING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
THAT TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON AVOIDING TRAVEL DURING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO
FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...CONTINUING
TO IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND A FOOT TO TWENTY INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM ST. CLOUD SOUTH TO FAIRMONT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35 AND I-94.

$$

KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 020305
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
905 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND 
 WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL
BE LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING
INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT LEA...HAVE BEEN CLOSED ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

THE STRONG STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY SNOW...WAS MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
AFTER MIDNIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH POSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA
LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...OLIVIA... WASECA AND
ALBERT LEA...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY. THE SNOW
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY INTO FRIDAY. MANY ROADS WILL
BE IMPASSABLE.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18
INCHES ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO
PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS
UNTIL THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND ROAD CREWS HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT TIME
TO CLEAR THE ROADS.  

MNZ084-093-020600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.070302T0600Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/
WASECA-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...ALBERT LEA
905 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6
PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END OVER THE
REGION. HOWEVER...A NORTHWEST WIND INCREASE FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT
LEA...HAVE BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-020600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.070302T0600Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
905 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT
LEA...HAVE BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

A STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...
WITH WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF
THE NEW FALLEN SNOW.  

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ057-067-021115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
KANDIYOHI-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...GAYLORD
905 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES WHEN THE SNOW
TAPERS FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 

$$

MNZ060-062-063-066-068>070-076>078-085-WIZ014>016-023>028-021115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
905 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING 
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE
TAPERING LATE TONIGHT. SEVERAL ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING
AREAS...WILL BE TREACHEROUS...OR MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE BEFORE THE
SNOW TAPERS FRIDAY. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT
AND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS
WELL...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35...I-94...I-90...AND
IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ041>045-048>053-058-059-061-021115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE
905 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING 
ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY
RANGE FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTAL IN THE
MORA....BUFFALO AND PRINCETON AREAS.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO
FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...
CONTINUING TO IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 020715
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
115 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH TODAY...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. SEVERAL
ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT LEA...HAVE BEEN
CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

THE STRONG STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY SNOW WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS
DRIFTS EASTWARD THROUGH THIS MORNING...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH
RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR THAT AREA LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...OLIVIA...
WASECA AND ALBERT LEA UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH TODAY...BUT THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. MANY ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY THROUGH TODAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE
FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN
TREACHEROUS UNTIL THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND ROAD CREWS HAVE HAD
SUFFICIENT TIME TO CLEAR THE ROADS.

MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-021500-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
115 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF ALBERT
LEA...HAVE BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

A STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS MORNING
WITH WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF
THE NEW FALLEN SNOW.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ084-093-021500-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
WASECA-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...ALBERT LEA
115 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THROUGH
MID MORNING OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER...A NORTHWEST WIND INCREASE
FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF
ALBERT LEA...HAVE BEEN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ057-067-021500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
KANDIYOHI-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...GAYLORD
115 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
THROUGH MID MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TREACHEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH TODAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE
FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES WHEN THE SNOW TAPERS BY LATE AFTERNOON TODAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

$$

MNZ060-062-063-066-068>070-076>078-085-WIZ014>016-023>028-021500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
115 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 5 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE BEFORE TAPERING LATER TODAY. SEVERAL ROADS...ESPECIALLY
IN OUTLYING AREAS...WILL BE TREACHEROUS...OR MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
A NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS MORNING AND WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WELL...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG I-35...I-94...I-90...AND
IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ041>045-048>053-058-059-061-021500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE
115 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION
SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 9 TO 18
INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTAL IN THE MORA....BUFFALO AND
PRINCETON AREAS.

SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
TONIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO
FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY AS WELL...CONTINUING TO
IMPEDE TRAVEL AND STIFLE PLOWING AND ROAD CLEARING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 021102
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
502 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH TODAY...

.SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
TODAY...BUT NOT QUITE AS HEAVY AS THURSDAY. HOWEVER...WINDS HAVE
INCREASED...ESPECIALLY OVER WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THESE
AREAS CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO
OLIVIA...TO WASECA...TO ALBERT LEA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO
THE 10 TO 16 INCH RANGE. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SLOWLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT BEFORE THAT TIME...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN
TREACHEROUS UNTIL THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND ROAD CREWS HAVE HAD
SUFFICIENT TIME TO CLEAR THE ROADS. SOME ROADS MAY BE
IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OVER THE REMAINDER  OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH
RANGE. AREAS FROM MANKATO TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR CAMBRIDGE
HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP 10 TO 17 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOW WILL NOT
BE AS GREAT OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO
14 INCHES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.

MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-021915-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
502 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT NOT QUITE AS HEAVY AS THURSDAY.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE
LIKELY...BRINGING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 10 TO 16 INCH 
MORE IMPORTANTLY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY AND
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-076>078-085-WIZ014>016-023>028-
021915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-STEELE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
502 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT NOT A HEAVY AS THURSDAY.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BRINGING
TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES OVER PARTS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.

EXPECT LIGHTER SNOWFALL DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT BEFORE THAT
TIME...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

$$
JPR

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 021815
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1215 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...STORM BEGINNING TO ABATE...

.STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY DRIFTING SNOW...AND
BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ALBERT
LEA. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...
THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN EXTENDED
THROUGH TONIGHT.

NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ALBERT LEA...CONTINUED SLOW
IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME LESS OF A PROBLEM BY DARK...BUT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN WILL BE REPLACED BY A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY AT 6 PM
TODAY. THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH
TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SHOULD GENERALLY BE UNDER
2 INCHES.

MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-030000-
/O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1215 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. 

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY DRIFTING SNOW...AS WELL AS BLOWING
SNOW...WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY SEVERELY...PARTICULARLY AT ROAD LEVEL.

ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED...THE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER
TRAVEL...PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-076>078-085-WIZ014>016-023>028-
030000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.BS.Y.0001.070303T0000Z-070303T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-STEELE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1215 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MOST AREAS
ACROSS CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL...MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN REPORTING VISIBILITY OF 1 MILE OR MORE. THE 
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...AND SNOW SHOWERS...CONTINUE TO LIMIT
VISIBILITY FOR BRIEF PERIODS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS
AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE HALF INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF
INCH CATEGORY.

ALTHOUGH LITTLE LET UP IN THE WIND IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...THE
DECREASE IN SNOWFALL...SHOULD ALLOW VISIBILITY TO IMPROVE EVEN
FURTHER. HOWEVER...THE WIND BLOWING ACROSS PILED UP SNOW...COULD
LOCALLY RESTRICT VISIBILITY AT ROAD LEVEL FROM HEAVY DRIFTING
SNOW.

AFTER DARK...THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WILL BE THE HEAVY DRIFTING
SNOW...PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS TREACHEROUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING VERY DANGEROUS
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING.

$$
RJN

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 030005
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
605 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...LITTLE IMPROVEMENT FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT
ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ALBERT LEA.
CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS.
THEREFORE...A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM
SATURDAY. 

NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ALBERT LEA...WIND SPEEDS WILL
NOT BE AS STRONG. HOWEVER...DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

SNOWFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE.

MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-076>078-085-WIZ014>016-023>028-
030815-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-STEELE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
605 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. 

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL UNTIL 6 AM CST 
SATURDAY.

BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT OVER
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WIND...COUPLED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW THAT
HAS FALLEN...ALONG WITH MORE LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT...WILL
RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT TO
ENCOUNTER POOR VISIBILITIES FROM TIME TO TIME...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING.

$$

MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082>084-091>093-030815-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
605 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY DRIFTING
SNOW...AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW...WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY
SEVERELY...PARTICULARLY AT ROAD LEVEL.

ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED...THE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER TRAVEL...
PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.


$$

RAH