Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Apr 2, 2007, 9:12 PM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 3, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr. 38 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2007, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 6:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:23 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Glenwood, MN | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY |
| Apr 3, 6:56 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0.8 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Carlos, MN | |
| Apr 3, 7:13 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Apr 3, 7:38 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 5 N Lowry, MN | |
| Apr 3, 7:45 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Gilman, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | St Joseph, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Morris, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 8 S Hillman, MN | LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.30 INCHES. |
| Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Milaca, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Onamia, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Apr 3, 9:19 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 4 N Cold Spring, MN | SNOWING HEAVILY STILL. |
| Apr 3, 10:53 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Albany, MN | STOPPED SNOWING BRIEFLY BUT HAS PICKED UP AGAIN IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES. |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM CDT | SNOW 2.3 | St Joseph, MN | 3/4 INCHES SINCE 8AM |
| Apr 3, 11:38 AM CDT | SNOW 4.1 | 8 S Hillman, MN | |
| Apr 3, 12:00 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Apr 3, 12:23 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Cyrus, MN | |
| Apr 3, 12:29 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Morris, MN | |
| Apr 3, 12:30 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Evansville, MN | STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 3, 12:35 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Long Prairie, MN | WINDY, SNOWING WITH 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Apr 3, 12:38 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Cushing, MN | STILL SNOWING. SOME SCHOOLS CLOSING. |
| Apr 3, 12:45 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Chokio, MN | |
| Apr 3, 12:52 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Glenwood, MN | STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 3, 12:55 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Melby, MN | STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 3, 12:55 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Onamia, MN | |
| Apr 3, 1:40 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Onamia, MN | STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 3, 1:45 PM CDT | SNOW 4.8 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDT | SNOW 2.6 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Apr 3, 1:53 PM CDT | SNOW 0 | 6 Sw North Branch, MN | RAIN/SNOW MIX. SNOW MELTED. |
| Apr 3, 1:55 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Rush City, MN | RAIN/SNOW MIX. |
| Apr 3, 2:10 PM CDT | SNOW 0 | 4 Se Rock Creek, MN | TRACE OF SNOW |
| Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT | SNOW 6.2 | Onamia, MN | |
| Apr 3, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Rush City, MN | |
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT | SNOW 8.5 | Donnelly, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 010212 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 812 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...WHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR LOCATIONS FROM RED WING...TO NEW RICHMOND...AND AMERY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE 10 PM TO MIDNIGHT TIME FRAME. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...LEADING TO STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. DIFFICULT DRIVING WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA AS VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS ARE ENCOUNTERED IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER IS IN RESPONSE TO A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. MNZ044-050-051-059-066>068-074-075-082-083-091-092-010315- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 812 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS ENDED IN AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH TO BUFFALO TO LAKE MILLE LACS...AND THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS REGION REACHED A MAXIMUM OF 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS SEEN IN A BAND FROM MANKATO TO BUFFALO. $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-073-010315- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 812 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL HAS ENDED IN AREAS FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO WILLMAR TO LITTLE FALLS...AND THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS REGION REACHED A MAXIMUM OF 3 INCHES...GENERALLY ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE ADVISORY AREA. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-069-070-076-077-084-085-093-010600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA 812 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 10 PM TO MIDNIGHT TIME FRAME IN AREAS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE TWIN CITIES...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY CONFINED TO THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AS NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014-023-024-010600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 812 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 10 PM TO MIDNIGHT TIME FRAME IN AREAS IN AREAS FROM ZUMBROTA AND RED WING...TO NEW RICHMOND...AND AMERY...LEADING TO STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. $$ KAT
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 030212 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 912 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007 ...LATE SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOW TO AFFECT PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY... .A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO SAINT CLOUD TO LADYSMITH...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...CAMBRIDGE...MORA...AND RICE LAKE. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA...FROM MADISON TO LITCHFIELD TO THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER NEBRASKA. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREAS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING...DESPITE THE WET...HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL. THIS IS A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. TRAVELERS AND RESIDENTS NEED TO MONITOR FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIZ015-016-031015- /O.UPG.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.070403T1100Z-070404T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.070403T1100Z-070404T0500Z/ BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 912 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER NEBRASKA. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ041>044-047>051-031015- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.070403T0500Z-070403T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.070403T0500Z-070403T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER 912 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER NEBRASKA. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-031015- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.070403T1100Z-070404T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.070403T1100Z-070404T0500Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 912 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER NEBRASKA. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ054>059-031015- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.070403T0500Z-070403T2300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 912 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MADISON AND BENSON AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH LITCHFIELD AND MONTICELLO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060>063-070-WIZ023>028-031015- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.070403T1100Z-070404T0500Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 912 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THIS INCLUDES IN AND NEAR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 030919 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 419 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...LATE SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOW TO AFFECT PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TODAY INTO TONIGHT... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE EXPANDING IN COVERAGE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR IN A BAND FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA...AND MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...MORA...AND ON INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TOWARD...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING IN THESE AREAS. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER AREAS FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING WILLMAR...LITCHFILED...THE TWIN CITIES...NEW RICHMOND...AND EAU CLAIRE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF REACHING 8 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER EASTERN IOWA THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND LAKE MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING AND FURTHER VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER IN THE EVENING. MNZ041>044-047>051-031730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER 419 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-031730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.070403T1100Z-070404T0500Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 419 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ MNZ060>063-070-WIZ023>028-031730- /O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.070403T1500Z-070404T0500Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 419 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS COULD FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THIS INCLUDES IN AND NEAR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ054>059-031730- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 419 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS COULD FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 031726 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1226 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...LATE SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN.. .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO ISANTI MINNESOTA TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IN THESE AREAS. THOUGH SNOW HAS BEGUN TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THIS AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD. THIS AREA HAS SEEN FOUR TO SIX AND HALF INCHES OF SNOWFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER AREAS FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING WILLMAR...LITCHFILED...AND THE TWIN CITIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND NEW RICHMOND AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF REACHING 9 INCHES FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MORA. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING AND FURTHER VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. THE BEST LIKELIHOOD OF THIS IS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER IN THE EVENING. MNZ070-WIZ024-026-028-031830- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ DAKOTA-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1226 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. DRIER AND WARMER AIR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-94 CORRIDOR HAS STIFLED THE CHANCES FOR MUCH ACCUMULATING SNOW. SOME SNOW IS STILL LIKELY DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS NOW EXPECTED. $$ MNZ041>044-047>051-032300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER 1226 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THREE TO SIX AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE REGION...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-94. $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-040130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 1226 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THIS SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-35 NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES. $$ MNZ054>059-032300- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 1226 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE U.S. HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON GUSTING AT TIMES TO 25 TO 35 MPH. SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060>063-WIZ023-025-027-040130- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1226 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS COULD FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THIS INCLUDES IN AND NEAR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 031959 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...LATE SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN.. .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO ISANTI MINNESOTA TO LUCK WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IN THESE AREAS. THOUGH SNOW HAS BEGUN TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THIS AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD. THIS AREA HAS SEEN FOUR TO SIX AND HALF INCHES OF SNOWFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER AREAS FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING WILLMAR... LITCHFILED...AND THE TWIN CITIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND NEW RICHMOND AND LADYSMITH IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF REACHING 9 INCHES FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MORA. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING AND FURTHER VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. THE BEST LIKELIHOOD OF THIS IS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER IN THE EVENING. WIZ015-016-040400- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW NEAR RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE IN THESE AREAS BEFORE THE SNOW BEGINS TO TAPER LATER TONIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ025-027-032100- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS...THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MNZ041>044-047>051-032300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER 259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HOWEVER MINOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THREE TO SIX AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE REGION...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I-94. $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-040400- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THIS SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING ALONG I- 35 NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES. $$ MNZ054>059-032300- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE U.S. HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON GUSTING AT TIMES TO 25 TO 35 MPH. SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060>063-WIZ023-040400- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 259 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS COULD FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THIS INCLUDES IN AND NEAR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SUBURBS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KAT/MTF
000 WWUS43 KMPX 032352 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 652 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...LATE SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN.. .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DOWNGRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORA TO LUCK WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT COULD VARY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THIS AREA. OVER THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE PART SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS CENTERED OVER LOWER LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT. MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014-040500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 652 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE EVENING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT COULD VARY UP TO THREE INCHES WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OR DIMINISH TO SNOW FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060>063-WIZ023-040100- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 652 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES AND NEW RICHMOND AREAS THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. $$ WIZ015-016-040500- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070404T0500Z/ BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 652 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OR DIMINISH TO SNOW FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Nicollet and 7 more | 16 hr |
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