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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

November 30, 200742 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 1, 9:56 AM CSTSNOW 0.5Hutchinson, MNSNOW STARTED AT 900 AM.
Dec 1, 10:02 AM CSTSNOW 1Blue Earth, MNBLOWING SNOW.
Dec 1, 10:03 AM CSTSNOW 1Fairmont, MN
Dec 1, 10:17 AM CSTSNOW 1Donnelly, MNBLOWING SNOW.
Dec 1, 10:30 AM CSTSNOW 1Welcome, MNMIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BEGAN 900 AM. TIME ESTIMATED.
Dec 1, 10:43 AM CSTSNOW 1Janesville, MN
Dec 1, 11:02 AM CSTSNOW 2St James, MNESTIMATED 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET BEGAN 1000 AM. TIME ESTIMATED.
Dec 1, 11:14 AM CSTSNOW 1Glencoe, MN
Dec 1, 11:21 AM CSTSNOW 0Janesville, MNSNOW AND SLEET MIX BEGAN AT 1100 AM. TIME ESTIMATED.
Dec 1, 11:35 AM CSTSNOW 1Janesville, MNESTIMATED 1.0 INCH OF SNOW AT 1045 AM. MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BEGAN 1100AM.
Dec 1, 11:37 AM CSTSNOW 1Gilman, MN
Dec 1, 11:40 AM CSTSNOW 1Olivia, MNSTRONG WIND.
Dec 1, 12:05 PM CSTSNOW 1.5White Bear Lake, MN
Dec 1, 12:15 PM CSTSNOW 1.33 E Winnebago, MN
Dec 1, 12:15 PM CSTSNOW 2.2Eden Prairie, MN
Dec 1, 12:15 PM CSTSNOW 3Madison, MN
Dec 1, 12:20 PM CSTSNOW 1.2Fridley, MN
Dec 1, 12:25 PM CSTSNOW 2Mankato, MN
Dec 1, 12:30 PM CSTSNOW 3St James, MNMIX OF SNOW AND SLEET.
Dec 1, 12:35 PM CSTSNOW 2Faribault, MNBLOWING SNOW.
Dec 1, 12:40 PM CSTSNOW 1.17 S Hillman, MN
Dec 1, 12:40 PM CSTSNOW 3Murdock, MN
Dec 1, 12:45 PM CSTSNOW 1Richfield, MNBLOWING SNOW.
Dec 1, 12:45 PM CSTSNOW 1.3Menomonie, WI
Dec 1, 12:45 PM CSTSNOW 3Farmington, MN
Dec 1, 1:00 PM CSTSNOW 1Rush City, MN
Dec 1, 1:00 PM CSTSNOW 3Albert Lea, MNLAW ENFORECEMENT REPORTED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATED SLEET.
Dec 1, 1:24 PM CSTSNOW 3.2Hastings, MN
Dec 1, 1:33 PM CSTSNOW 2.27 S Hillman, MN
Dec 1, 1:37 PM CSTSNOW 2New Brighton, MN
Dec 1, 1:45 PM CSTSNOW 2.3Eden Prairie, MN
Dec 1, 1:54 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Menomonie, WI
Dec 1, 1:55 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Andover, MN
Dec 1, 1:55 PM CSTSNOW 4Chokio, MN
Dec 1, 1:55 PM CSTSNOW 4Morris, MN
Dec 1, 2:02 PM CSTSNOW 1.510 N Bruce, WI
Dec 1, 2:10 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Mankato, MN
Dec 1, 2:15 PM CSTSNOW 3Donnelly, MN
Dec 1, 2:23 PM CSTSNOW 2Jim Falls, WI
Dec 1, 2:23 PM CSTSNOW 3Fridley, MN
Dec 1, 2:30 PM CSTSNOW 2Richfield, MN
Dec 1, 2:33 PM CSTSNOW 2.1Haugen, WI
Dec 1, 2:34 PM CSTSNOW 3North Mankato, MN
Dec 1, 2:35 PM CSTSNOW 2.5New Ulm, MN
Dec 1, 2:36 PM CSTSNOW 3.2St Paul, MN
Dec 1, 2:40 PM CSTSNOW 4Little Falls, MN
Dec 1, 2:41 PM CSTSNOW 4.2Lakeville, MN
Dec 1, 2:45 PM CSTSNOW 3.5New London, MN
Dec 1, 2:45 PM CSTSNOW 42 N Gilman, MN
Dec 1, 2:50 PM CSTSNOW 3.6Menomonie, WI
Dec 1, 3:06 PM CSTSNOW 3Geneva, MN
Dec 1, 3:25 PM CSTSNOW 3.27 S Hillman, MNBLOWING SNOW.
Dec 1, 3:25 PM CSTSNOW 4Mankato, MN
Dec 1, 3:32 PM CSTSNOW 4Faribault, MNSNOW CHANGING TO SLEET.
Dec 1, 3:32 PM CSTSNOW 4Waconia, MN
Dec 1, 3:32 PM CSTSNOW 4.6Chanhassen, MN
Dec 1, 3:33 PM CSTSNOW 3Cambridge, MN
Dec 1, 3:36 PM CSTSNOW 4.5Hastings, MNBLOWING SNOW.
Dec 1, 3:37 PM CSTSNOW 32 Ne Hector, MN
Dec 1, 3:39 PM CSTSNOW 5.5St Paul, MNREPORTED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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-
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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.