Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 230349
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
949 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007

...WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS STILL
ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO COMMENCE BY THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS
ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY THE MID EVENING
HOURS...AND EXTEND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES
POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK ON SATURDAY. IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THE
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN IN THE FORM OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN...AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
A TENTH OR TWO OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. A BREAK
IN THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING A PORTION OF THE
DAY ON SATURDAY...THOUGH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY CONTINUE.

AS THE STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
PRECIPITATION MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
DURING SATURDAY NIGHT...SNOW WILL AGAIN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THIS WILL LAST INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY
WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES AND BLOWING
SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA WILL
LIKELY BE IN THE SIX TO EIGHT INCH RANGE...WITH A FOOT OR MORE
POSSIBLE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
THE TWIN CITIES. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND
MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A SAFETY KIT.

MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066-068>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
231200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
GOODHUE-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...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
949 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN WISCONSIN DURING THIS WEEKEND. THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO
BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING ON FRIDAY...BECOMING
HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION
MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO SLEET...THOUGH PRIMARILY SNOW IS
EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE
FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO
BECOME PROBLEMATIC AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY EVENING. 

THERE SHOULD BE A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE SNOWFALL DURING A PORTION
OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RESUMES
DURING SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE DAY SUNDAY WITH AN
ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
MAY ALSO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. TOTAL WEEKEND ACCUMULATIONS OF
EIGHT OR MORE INCHES ARE STILL LIKELY...WITH POSSIBLY A FOOT OR
MORE MATERIALIZING OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS I-94 AND I-35...AS WELL AS IN
AND AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-231200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
949 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ALONG WITH POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THIS WEEKEND.
THE PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING ON FRIDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
RANGE...ARE POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO
BECOME PROBLEMATIC AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY EVENING. 

THERE MAY BE A BRIEF RESPITE IN PRECIPITATION DURING PART OF THE
DAY SATURDAY...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BECOMES LIKELY AGAIN
DURING SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE DAY SUNDAY WITH AN
ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES POSSIBLE. BLOWING SNOW MAY ALSO
OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. TOTAL WEEKEND ACCUMULATIONS OF EIGHT OR
MORE INCHES ARE STILL LIKELY ACROSS THIS AREA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS
INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS I-90 AND I-35. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

AZ

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 231007
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS
MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE
REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...
POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON
TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW...WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST
LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING
THE BULK OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN
A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT
LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD
OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO
BLUE EARTH.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST
LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY.

RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH OVER
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR
CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND...
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING
PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.

MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-WIZ014-023>026-028-231815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS
MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE
REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...
POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON
TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW...WITH AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST
LIKELIHOOD OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD
REACH THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE...WITH A MAXIMUM OF A COUPLE OF TENTHS
OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE AS WELL.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT
LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD
OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST
LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY.

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

$$

MNZ054>058-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-231815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS
MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE
REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. REGIONS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM
APPLETON TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE
TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN
A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT
LAKES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF
A LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST
LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY.

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

$$

WIZ015-016-027-231815-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
407 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ROCKIES THIS
MORNING...WILL DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
WEEKEND...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TO THE
REGION...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS IN RUSK...BARRON...AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES SHOULD BE
IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE STORM
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT
LAKES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN MOST
LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS I-94 AND I-35...AS WELL AS IN
AND AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 231817
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER
THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON
TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH
AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD
OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK
OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD
FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN
A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO
THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL
7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS
TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN
MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY.

RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR
CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND...
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING
PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.


WIZ015-016-027-240230-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER
THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS IN RUSK...BARRON...AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES SHOULD BE
IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO
THE GREAT LAKES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS
TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN
MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. 
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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

$$

MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-WIZ014-023>026-028-240230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

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

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER
THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON
TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH
AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD
OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK
OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD
FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN
A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO
THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL
7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS
TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN
MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY.

RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH OVER
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR
CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND...
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING
PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.


$$

MNZ054>058-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-240230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
1217 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

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

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER
THE WEEKEND...AND BRING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLE ICING...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON
TO LITCHFIELD TO RED WING COULD SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH
AREAS IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SEEING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD
OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. REGIONS TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE BULK
OF THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD
FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
SATURDAY...RESULTING IN MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN
A BAND FROM LITTLE FALLS TO RED WING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COMMENCE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO
THE GREAT LAKES. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOW...WITH NO MIXED
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL
7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT CLOUD TO BLUE EARTH.

THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER DURING THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE PAST THIS
TIME.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES IN
MOST LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS 15 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY.

RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH OVER
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER POSTPONING OR
CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. IF MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND...
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS...INCLUDING
PACKING A WINTER SAFETY KIT AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.

$$