Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2007, 3:20 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2007, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2007, 4:07 AM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 9:56 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Hutchinson, MN | SNOW STARTED AT 900 AM. |
| Dec 1, 10:02 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Blue Earth, MN | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 10:03 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Dec 1, 10:17 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Donnelly, MN | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Welcome, MN | MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BEGAN 900 AM. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 1, 10:43 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Janesville, MN | |
| Dec 1, 11:02 AM CST | SNOW 2 | St James, MN | ESTIMATED 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET BEGAN 1000 AM. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 1, 11:14 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Dec 1, 11:21 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Janesville, MN | SNOW AND SLEET MIX BEGAN AT 1100 AM. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 1, 11:35 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Janesville, MN | ESTIMATED 1.0 INCH OF SNOW AT 1045 AM. MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BEGAN 1100AM. |
| Dec 1, 11:37 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Gilman, MN | |
| Dec 1, 11:40 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Olivia, MN | STRONG WIND. |
| Dec 1, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | White Bear Lake, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 E Winnebago, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Madison, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Fridley, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:25 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | St James, MN | MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 12:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Faribault, MN | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 12:40 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 7 S Hillman, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Murdock, MN | |
| Dec 1, 12:45 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Richfield, MN | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 12:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Dec 1, 12:45 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Farmington, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Albert Lea, MN | LAW ENFORECEMENT REPORTED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATED SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 1:24 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 7 S Hillman, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:37 PM CST | SNOW 2 | New Brighton, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:54 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Andover, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:55 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Chokio, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:55 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Morris, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:02 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 10 N Bruce, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:23 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Jim Falls, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:23 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Fridley, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Richfield, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Haugen, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:34 PM CST | SNOW 3 | North Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:35 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:36 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | St Paul, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:41 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | New London, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 N Gilman, MN | |
| Dec 1, 2:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Dec 1, 3:06 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Geneva, MN | |
| Dec 1, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 7 S Hillman, MN | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 1, 3:32 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Faribault, MN | SNOW CHANGING TO SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 3:32 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Waconia, MN | |
| Dec 1, 3:32 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Dec 1, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Cambridge, MN | |
| Dec 1, 3:36 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Hastings, MN | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 3:37 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ne Hector, MN | |
| Dec 1, 3:39 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | St Paul, MN | REPORTED FROM REGENTS HOSPITAL. |
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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 302120 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 320 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SATURDAY...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK SOUTHEAST WIND DURING THE DAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION WOULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. AROUND 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 010530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ 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 320 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SATURDAY...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK SOUTHEAST WIND DURING THE DAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION WOULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. AROUND 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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. $$ RAH/LS
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 010401 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1001 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SATURDAY...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK SOUTHEAST WIND DURING THE DAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SATURDAY...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION WOULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. AROUND 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF DAY ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 011215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ 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 1001 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SATURDAY...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK SOUTHEAST WIND DURING THE DAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SATURDAY...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION WOULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. AROUND 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF DAY ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 011140 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 532 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY INTO SUNDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST TODAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW IS BEGINNING TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK EAST-SOUTHEAST WIND DURING THE DAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION WOULD BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE MAKING TRAVEL ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS IN THIS AREA. AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SHOULD SLEET TAKE LONGER TO MOVE IN...SNOW AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 10 OR EVEN 12 INCHES. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. 9 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FROM FAIRMONT TO THE TWIN CITIES TO RED WING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH FROM THE EAST OR EAST-SOUTHEAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. INTENSE SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RAPID ACCUMULATIONS CAUSING HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AREAS WHERE SNOW TURNS TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS DUE TO POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 011945- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ 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 532 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST TODAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW IS BEGINNING TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK EAST-SOUTHEAST WIND DURING THE DAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION WOULD BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE MAKING TRAVEL ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS IN THIS AREA. AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SHOULD SLEET TAKE LONGER TO MOVE IN...SNOW AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 10 OR EVEN 12 INCHES. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. 9 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FROM FAIRMONT TO THE TWIN CITIES TO RED WING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH FROM THE EAST OR EAST-SOUTHEAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. INTENSE SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RAPID ACCUMULATIONS CAUSING HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AREAS WHERE SNOW TURNS TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS DUE TO POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. $$ MDB
000 WWUS43 KMPX 011833 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1233 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .WINTRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS OF NOON...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WERE COMMON...INCLUDING THE MANKATO...TWIN CITIES...FARIBAULT...AND MENOMONIE WISCONSIN AREAS. THE SNOW WAS ALSO MIXING WITH SLEET ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH BRISK WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET WILL BE THE PREDOMINATE WEATHER TYPE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING. THE AREA OF SLEET WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH AND EAST TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY REACH AS FAR NORTH AS REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW...AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED FROM EARLIER PREDICTIONS...DUE TO THE EARLIER ARRIVAL OF THE SLEET...AND THE QUICKER SYSTEM PROGRESSION. BY LATE TONIGHT...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ALEXANDRIA...TWIN CITIES..AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES FROM CAMBRIDGE TO LADYSMITH. ALTHOUGH LOWER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 35. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 020245- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ 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 1233 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. WINTRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS OF NOON...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WERE COMMON...INCLUDING THE MANKATO...TWIN CITIES...FARIBAULT...AND MENOMONIE WISCONSIN AREAS. THE SNOW WAS ALSO MIXING WITH SLEET ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH BRISK WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET WILL BE THE PREDOMINATE WEATHER TYPE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING. THE AREA OF SLEET WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH AND EAST TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY REACH AS FAR NORTH AS REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW...AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED FROM EARLIER PREDICTIONS...DUE TO THE EARLIER ARRIVAL OF THE SLEET...AND THE QUICKER SYSTEM PROGRESSION. BY LATE TONIGHT...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ALEXANDRIA...TWIN CITIES..AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES FROM CAMBRIDGE TO LADYSMITH. ALTHOUGH LOWER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 35. $$ LS/RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 020312 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 912 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE AREA...PERSISTING SLEET...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE PRECIPITATION TYPES ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND ICE FROM EARLIER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THE SNOWFALL THUS FAR HAVE BEEN THREE AND A HALF TO NEAR SEVEN INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHWARDS INTO THE TWIN CITIES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS IOWA...EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR GIVEN RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS. SOUTH OF THIS AREA PRIMARILY LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO ICY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS BREEZY EAST SOUTHERLY WINDS SHIFT NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. THOUGH THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ROAD CONDITIONS MAY REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO OVERNIGHT DUE TO ICING AND SNOW FROM EARLIER. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091>093-020415- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 912 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER HAS PRIMARILY ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE BETWEEN THREE AND SEVEN AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW FELL EARLIER. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY REMAIN HAZARDOUS DUE INTO OVERNIGHT DUE TO ICING AND SNOW FROM EARLIER. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS. $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066>070-076>078-084-085-WIZ014>016- 023>028-021115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 912 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. ...WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE AREA...PERSISTING SLEET...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE PRECIPITATION TYPES ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND ICE FROM EARLIER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THE SNOWFALL THUS FAR HAVE BEEN THREE AND A HALF TO NEAR SEVEN INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHWARDS INTO THE TWIN CITIES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST IN IOWA...EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. SOUTH OF THIS AREA PRIMARILY LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO ICY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS BREEZY EAST SOUTHERLY WINDS SHIFT NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 020548 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1148 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE AREA...PERSISTING LIGHT SNOW MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE PRECIPITATION TYPES ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND ICE FROM EARLIER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THE SNOWFALL THUS FAR HAVE BEEN THREE AND A HALF TO NEAR SEVEN INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHWARDS INTO THE TWIN CITIES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS IOWA... EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. SOUTH OF THIS AREA PRIMARILY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO ICY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. THOUGH THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ROAD CONDITIONS MAY REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO OVERNIGHT DUE TO ICING AND SNOW FROM EARLIER. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS. MNZ041-047>049-051-055-057>063-066>070-076>078-084-085-020700- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA 1148 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AS OF LATE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. $$ MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-021200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1148 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. ...WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE AREA...PERSISTING SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE PRECIPITATION TYPES ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND ICE FROM EARLIER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST IN IOWA... EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. SOUTH OF THIS AREA PRIMARILY LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO ICY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 021007 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 407 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER WINDING DOWN AS SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OFF TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED...WITH A FEW PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-021115- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 407 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OFF TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED...WITH A FEW PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MDB
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.