Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches in 2008
Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard watch at Dec 12, 2008, 4:09 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 14, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 4:09 AM CST (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 4:36 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 121009 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 409 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEKEND AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR WILL BE SENT NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN HELPING PRECIPITATION DEVELOP. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS DURING THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. OF GREATER CONCERN IS THE CHANGE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO SNOW AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGES ACROSS THE AREA. BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS WILL MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY PERIODS OF SNOW. VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST SPEEDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW FALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO PERHAPS 6 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER JUST TO THE EAST OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE LOWER AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO ITS EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ047-054>056-064-121815- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 409 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-121815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 409 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO BUFFALO TO MILACA TO MORA WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS TOWARDS ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MDB
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 121814 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1214 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS STORM WILL OCCUR ON SUNDAY...AS SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES COMBINE WITH BLUSTERY WINDS. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WHEN THE WINTRY MIX IS OCCURRING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY WORSEN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS...SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH THE RESULTANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DAYBREAK SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR A PORTION OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER JUST TO THE EAST OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE LOWER AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A MORA...TO BUFFALO...TO OLIVIA LINE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM IS OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM HE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND. MNZ047-054>056-064-130215- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1214 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-130215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 1214 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO...TO MILACA...TO MORA. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TOWARD ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ LS
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130414 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1014 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MOST OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS WEEKEND... .A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE IN THE NORTH BY LATE SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE MAINLY ON SUNDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES...COMBINED WITH BLUSTERY WINDS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN THIS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WHEN THE WINTRY MIX IS OCCURRING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY WORSEN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS...SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH THE RESULTANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DAYBREAK SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR A PORTION OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY... AND DAWSON AREAS...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER JUST TO THE EAST OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE LOWER AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A MORA...TO BUFFALO...TO OLIVIA LINE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM IS OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM HE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND. MNZ047-054>056-064-131215- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1014 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-131215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 1014 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO...TO MILACA...TO MORA. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TOWARD ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ BAP
000 WWUS43 KMPX 131108 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.. .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM MORRIS ON SOUTH THROUGH CANBY AND GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED SLIGHTLY AND NOW STRETCHES FROM ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS ON EAST AND NORTHEAST TO CAMBRIDGE AND MORA. A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND REACH NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREAS. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO THE RESULTANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. READINGS SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS...BUT FALL BELOW ZERO BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES BY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE NEAR 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILL READINGS NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WHEN THE WINTRY MIX IS OCCURRING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY WORSEN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ052-053-131915- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ MNZ073-131915- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-131915- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-131915- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH LITTLE FALLS TO MORA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OLIVIA...GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD AND ST CLOUD AREAS. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ RAH/MTF
000 WWUS43 KMPX 132236 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES AREAS GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO GLENWOOD...TO LITTLE FALLS. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO DELANO...TO CHISAGO CITY. A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS TO AREAS AROUND MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...AND LONG PRAIRIE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES AREA EXPECTED...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND WIND TO OCCUR DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS OF SUNDAY. FATHER SOUTH TOWARD DAWSON...AND CANBY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...BUT WITH POTENTIALLY STRONGER WINDS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS COULD REACH 3O TO 35 MPH...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...REDWOOD FALLS...AND CAMBRIDGE...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW COULD OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY NOON ON SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY TREACHEROUS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND REACH NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY EVENING. MNZ047-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/ STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORRIS 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ054>056-064-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>043-048-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...GLENWOOD 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WIND ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ044-045-049>053-057>059-065-073-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...CHANGING TO SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED TOWARD ST CLOUD...CAMBRIDGE...AND FOLEY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 10 more | 36 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.