Heavy Snow Warning 1, 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, Faribault 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, Nicollet 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, Swift 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, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 310238
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...HEAVY WET SNOW LIKELY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN CONTINUES THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME
CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE ST CLOUD...REDWOOD
FALLS...FAIRMONT...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...RED WING...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE.

WET SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT
...INCLUDING THE MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS AND FAIRMONT AREAS.
THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS NORTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS
MONDAY AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS
FOR A TIME MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY BY
DAYBREAK TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY
IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME 9 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE BALSAM
LAKE...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN ALSO CONTINUES THE SNOW
ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE
MORRIS...GLENWOOD...STAPLES...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS. SNOW
WILL DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WILL
BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE.

IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS
CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...
OWATONNA...DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL
DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE
TO RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND PERHAPS
SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL THEN OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-311045-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/
STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM
CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM
CDT TUESDAY. 

HEAVY WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MONDAY
MORNING AND SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF
MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND FOR A TIME MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING 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.

$$

MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025-
027-311045-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM
CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM
CDT TUESDAY. 

HEAVY WET SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM
LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL
PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING
SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA WITH SOME 9 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE
AND LADYSMITH AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING 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.

$$

MNZ041>043-047-048-311045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY MONDAY MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-311045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/
STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN...WILL OCCUR FROM ALBERT LEA AND
OWATONNA ON NORTHEAST THROUGH DURAND AND EAU CLARIE ON MONDAY.
SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...IS THEN EXPECTED MONDAY
NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE WITH ONLY LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE.

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.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 311016
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN CONTINUES THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW
WARNING INCLUDE CAMRIDGE...FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD
FALLS...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND
MENOMONIE.

SNOW HAS BEGUN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD 
THROUGH LATE MORNING...REACHING THE TWIN CITIES BY 8 TO 10 AM AND
COMMUNITIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 9 TO 11 AM. THE WET
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN 11 AM AND 10 PM...BEFORE
DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING
AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE U.S. HIGHWAY
8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...BREEZY LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTHEAST WINDS WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 35
MPH MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN ALSO CONTINUES THE
SNOW ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW
ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS. SNOW
WILL PERSIST OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX
INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN
AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN ALSO CONTINUES THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 94. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND
EAU CLAIRE. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 10 AM TO NOON
ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BE A
RAIN AND SNOW MIX THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE BETTER LIKELIHOOD
OF CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO AND A HALF TO FIVE
INCH RANGE. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF RAPIDLY DURING
THE OVERNIGHT.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA TONIGHT.


MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-311830-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/
STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW HAS BEGUN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL SPREAD EAST AND
SOUTHWARD THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE WET SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES
DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING....WILL CONTINUE
INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
FORECASTED IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...BREEZY LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTHEAST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
POSSIBLE...MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN
AREAS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. 
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025-
027-311830-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW HAS BEGUN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD 
THROUGH LATE MORNING...REACHING THE TWIN CITIES BY 8 TO 10 AM AND
COMMUNITIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 9 TO 11 AM. THE WET
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN 11 AM AND 10 PM...WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY
IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR
THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION...BREEZY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTHEAST
WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE...MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES
35...90...AND 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-311830-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.080331T1500Z-080401T1100Z/
STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 10 AM TO NOON ACROSS THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BE A RAIN AND SNOW
MIX THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE BETTER LIKELIHOOD OF CHANGING TO
SNOW BY LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO AND A HALF TO FIVE INCH RANGE.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE
OVERNIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ041>043-047-048-311830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW
ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY.
THE SNOW SHOULD RAPIDLY TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 311432
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...

.A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE
CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE.

SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MID MORNING. THE
SNOW WAS HEAVY OVER SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE
STATE...INCLUDING REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON...WITH
VISIBILITIES AT A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...BY NOON AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY
IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR
THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN
THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS.
SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX
INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN
AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY.

FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY COVERS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 AM
TUESDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. RAIN AND
SNOW IN THE ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AREAS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST
ACROSS EAU CLAIRE BY NOON. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT
BEFORE TAPERING OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH RANGE.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA TONIGHT.

MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-312245-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MID
MORNING. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY OVER SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL AREAS
OF THE STATE...INCLUDING REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON...
WITH VISIBILITIES AT A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL
SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE BY
NOON...INCLUDING THE TWINS CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WET HEAVY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING
AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025-
027-312245-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MID
MORNING. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY OVER SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL AREAS
OF THE STATE INCLUDING THE REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON
AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE HEAVY SNOW
WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE BY
NOON...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND BY EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING
SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX
TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE
INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25
MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD
TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS
TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35...
90...AND 94. 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>043-047-048-312245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW
ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY.
THE SNOW SHOULD RAPIDLY TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-312245-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.080331T1500Z-080401T1100Z/
STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY. 

RAIN AND SNOW IN THE ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AREAS WILL SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS EAU CLAIRE BY NOON. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO TAPER OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH RANGE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

RAH/KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 311654
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING...

.A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE
CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE.

SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MIDDAY. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS
THE REGION WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCH RANGE HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO...ST JOSEPH AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
THE STATE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN
THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS.
SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA UP TO SIX INCHES.
NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SOME CITIES IN THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND
EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SOME RAIN OR SLEET COULD MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO
FIVE INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTHEAST FROM MISSOURI. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. 

MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-010100-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MIDDAY. THE SNOW
WAS HEAVY AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCH RANGE
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO...ST JOSEPH AND NEAR GRANITE
FALLS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING
AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025-
027-010100-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MIDDAY. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS
THE REGION WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCH RANGE HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO...ST JOSEPH AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
THE STATE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35...
90...AND 94. 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>043-047-048-010100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW
ADVISORY AREA WILL BE UP TO SIX INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO
25 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-010100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SOME RAIN OR SLEET COULD MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH
RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

RAH/KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 311959
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE...
FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE.

SNOW CONTINUED TO PILE UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN WAS
MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
THE ALBERT LEA AND WASECA AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON HAVE REACHED FIVE INCHES AT SHERBURN IN MARTIN COUNTY
WITH FOUR AND A HALF INCHES REPORTED IN ST JOSEPH...IN STEARNS
COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM THE TWIN
CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH. SNOW AMOUNTS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
HAVE BEEN IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY
OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EVENING
RUSH HOUR WILL STRETCH FROM MANKATO AND REDWOOD FALLS ON
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA TO RICE
LAKE AND LADYSMITH IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE TIME THE SNOW
ENDS TUESDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO NINE INCHES
POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR
THROUGH THIS EVENING...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN
THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS.
SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY
BY MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. HAMPERING TRAVEL WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15
TO 25 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SOME CITIES IN THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND
EAU CLAIRE. SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON...WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING
SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTHEAST FROM IOWA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST
TO PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT.

MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-010400-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW CONTINUED TO PILE UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN WAS MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER FAR
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ALBERT LEA AND WASECA
AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON HAVE REACHED
FIVE INCHES AT SHERBURN IN MARTIN COUNTY WITH FOUR AND A HALF
INCHES REPORTED IN ST JOSEPH...IN STEARNS COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCH
AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH.
THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE MOST
INTENSE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EVENING RUSH HOUR WILL STRETCH FROM
MANKATO AND REDWOOD FALLS ON NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY
MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE
WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25
MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING SNOW
AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025-
027-010400-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW CONTINUED TO PILE UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN WAS
MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
THE ALBERT LEA AND WASECA AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON HAVE REACHED FIVE INCHES AT SHERBURN IN MARTIN COUNTY
WITH FOUR AND A HALF INCHES REPORTED IN ST JOSEPH...IN STEARNS
COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM THE TWIN
CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH. SNOW AMOUNTS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
HAVE BEEN IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY
OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EVENING
RUSH HOUR WILL STRETCH FROM MANKATO AND REDWOOD FALLS ON
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA TO RICE
LAKE AND LADYSMITH IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE TIME THE SNOW
ENDS TUESDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO NINE INCHES
POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR
THROUGH THIS EVENING...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35...
90...AND 94. 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>043-047-048-010400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...THEN
DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HAMPERING TRAVEL WILL BE NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING
SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-010400-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY. 

SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING
SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

RAH/KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 010052
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SNOW DECREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...

.SNOW WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REST
OF THE NIGHT FOR THE AREA OF MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
LITTLE FALLS...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. THEREFORE...THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW REMAINS OVER THIS REGION...AND WILL TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW
LATER TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE
CAMBRIDGE...MORA...RED WING...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...FOR A
SMALL AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NEAR EAU CLAIRE
WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY IN THE OWATONNA AND
ALBERT LEA AREAS THROUGH 10 PM...BUT WILL CONTINUE IN THE 
EAU CLAIRE AND DURAND AREAS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF
1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SOME SLEET MAY OCCUR AT
TIMES IN THE AUGUSTA AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS WELL.

THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN. LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SNOW EVENT.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
TONIGHT.

MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-010200-
/O.CAN.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. 

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE
EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE GENERALLY AN INCH OR
TWO THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

$$

MNZ041>043-047-048-010200-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...YIELDING
PERHAPS ANOTHER INCH OF ACCUMULATION.

$$

MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025-
027-010900-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. GENERAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE METRO...NORTH TOWARD
PRINCETON. 2 TO 5 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER NORTH
AND EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM NEAR RICE
LAKE...LADYSMITH AND NEW RICHMOND OVERNIGHT. THE OVERALL
INTENSITY IN THE SNOW IS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT
OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LINGERING INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY.  

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35...
AND 94. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-010900-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY. 

SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
EVENING...WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY
DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET...
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35
AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 010245
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
945 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...LIGHT SNOW OVER MINNESOTA WITH SNOW DECREASING IN INTENSITY
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.LIGHT SNOW REMAINED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS NOT
ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THEREFORE...THE
HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MODERATE SNOW REMAINS OVER
THIS REGION...AND WILL TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW LATER TONIGHT. SOME
CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE LADYSMITH...BALSAM
LAKE...RICE LAKE AND MENOMONIE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...FOR A
SMALL AREA NEAR EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVER
NIGHT IN THE DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER
UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SNOW EVENT.

THE SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST
FROM SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES REGION BY
TUESDAY MORNING. 

MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-010345-
/O.CAN.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA
945 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. ANY FURTHER
ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE AN INCH OR LESS. 

$$

MNZ085-093-010345-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
945 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. ANY FURTHER
ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE AN INCH OR LESS. 


$$

WIZ014>016-023>025-027-011045-
/O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
945 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. GENERAL
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  THE OVERALL INTENSITY IN
IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES
TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY. 

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION OVERNIGHT...AS LESSER
TRAVELED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. 


$$

WIZ026-028-011045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
945 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY. 

THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK
TUESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET...
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 94.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 011045
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
545 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008

...SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST 
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING WITH
ONLY VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS NOW EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
ALSO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED. THUS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN CHANHASSEN WILL ALLOW THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. CONTINUE TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE
TRAVELING THIS MORNING THOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON OPEN ROADWAYS IN
RURAL AREAS.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WERE ON
THE ORDER OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ACROSS MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA SAW THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL
TOTAL RECEIVED THUS FAR BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS EIGHT
INCHES IN NEW BRIGHTON IN RAMSEY COUNTY.

WIZ014>016-023>025-027-011145-
/O.EXP.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
545 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING WITH
ONLY VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS NOW EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
ALSO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED. THUS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN CHANHASSEN WILL ALLOW THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO EXPIRE.
CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING
THOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON OPEN ROADWAYS IN RURAL AREAS.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WERE ON
THE ORDER OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ACROSS MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA SAW THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL
TOTAL RECEIVED THUS FAR BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS EIGHT
INCHES IN NEW BRIGHTON IN RAMSEY COUNTY.

$$

WIZ026-028-011145-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/
PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
545 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING WITH
ONLY VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS NOW EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
ALSO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED. THUS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN CHANHASSEN WILL ALLOW THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO EXPIRE.
CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING
THOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON OPEN ROADWAYS IN RURAL AREAS.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WERE
REPORTED AND ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE AND A HALF 
INCHES ACROSS PEPIN AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
230 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST CONCERNS SQUARELY ON WINTER STORM SET TO COMMENCE
TOMORROW...CONTINUING THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT.

AT PRESENT...COLD FRONT PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE 50S AHEAD OF THE FRONT...IN
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING TO NEAR 40 BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS ARE A LITTLE GUSTY
FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT NOT TOO BAD...WITH THE SURFACE
LOW BEING WELL NORTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN NORTHWEST
ONTARIO. THE DRY AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA WITH THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE IN THE DAKOTAS WILL BE A PLAYER IN HOW QUICKLY
PRECIPITATION ONSETS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

UPPER LEVEL LOW OF INTEREST SEEN ON WATER VAPOR MOVING ONSHORE IN
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES TODAY. AS IT MOVES OVER THE ROCKIES
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...IT WILL KICK THE SURFACE LOW OBSERVED IN
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 06Z IN THE
SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS THE WARM ADVECTION
BEGINS TO KICK IN AS THE UPPER LOW NEARS. 290K ISENTROPIC SURFACE
HINTS THAT SOME MOISTENING/ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE IOWA BORDER 03Z OR AFTER...BUT THE SAME ISENTROPIC SURFACE
HINTS THAT THE MOISTENING MAY BE SLOW TO OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...DUE TO THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
DRY AIR INTRUSION. STRONGER FORCING MOVES INTO THE AREA 12Z AND
AFTER...AS THE LOW NEARS...WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO THE DRY AIR BEING
OVERCOME MORE QUICKLY. RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET
MOVES FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN DURING THE
DAY TOMORROW...ALONG WITH A VERY PRONOUNCED AREA OF MID LEVEL
FRONTOGENESIS/WARM ADVECTION. THIS WILL LEAD TO A PERIOD OF
MODERATE/HEAVY WET SNOW FROM MID MORNING TO EARLY
EVENING...ROUGHLY IN A BAND FROM REDWOOD FALLS...THROUGH THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO RICE LAKE AND
LADYSMITH. FRONTOGENESIS LINGERS INTO THE EVENING OVER THE REGION
FROM RICE LAKE TO LADYSMITH...SO PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW COULD
LAST A LITTLE LONGER IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
ATMOSPHERE LOOKS COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW THROUGH THE BULK OF THE
EVENT ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT WARMER AIR
SITTING JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA WILL LEAD TO A PERIOD OF
RAIN/SNOW MIX...AND POSSIBLY SLEET...ON MONDAY...FROM ALBERT LEA
TO OWATONNA...AND OVER TO DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. WITH THE DRY SLOT
EXPECTED TO ENTER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD ALSO BE AN
ISSUE ON MONDAY EVENING. LOW SHOULD DEEPEN AS IT PULLS AWAY FROM
THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS COUPLED JET STRUCTURE AND
PV ANOMALY DEVELOP. BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE...STRENGTH OF THE
SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE FORCING...ALONG WITH INCREASING MOISTURE
WITH DEVELOPMENT OF 45-55KT LOW LEVEL JET ON MONDAY...SHOULD LEAD
TO 6+ INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.
ALL OF THIS HAS LED US TO UPGRADE THE PREVIOUS WINTER STORM WATCH
TO A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WITH A SNOW ADVISORY FOR 4-6 INCHES IN
THE FAR NORTHWEST FORECAST AREA...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN
PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA. ONE POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH
ACHIEVING THESE SNOW TOTALS WILL BE IF THE CONVECTION EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER IOWA AND POINTS SOUTH...STEAL THE MOISTURE FROM THE
AREA. SOMETHING TO WATCH.

HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO
WIDESPREAD LOWS IN THE TEENS...WITH SOME LOWER 20S IN THE FAVORED
WARM SPOTS. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE WARM UNDER WARM ADVECTION AS THE
SURFACE HIGH SLIDES SOUTHEASTWARD. CONSIDERED PUTTING SOME SMALL
POPS INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA FOR WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A
SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...BUT
ELECTED TO LEAVE IT OUT AT THIS TIME.

THE STORY FOR THE EXTENDED IS GENERALLY SEASONAL TEMPERATURES.
MODELS DEPICT SOME ERRATIC CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY
IN THE DAY 6/7 TIME FRAMES...BUT WITH SO MUCH DISPERSION AMONG THE
MODELS...LEFT MENTION OUT AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION... /18Z TAF ISSUANCE/

COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS KMSP ATTM. BOUNDARY WILL BE MOVING BY
KRNH AROUND 20Z AND KEAU BY 23Z. WNW SURFACE WINDS IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
MN TAF SITES. WINDS WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING AND VEER NE TONIGHT
AS LOW PRESSURE BEGINS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS. SURFACE WINDS
WILL BE BACK ON THE INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO BETWEEN 10 AND
15 KNOTS BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN
SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR KAXN...KSTC AND KRWF WITH
CONDITIONS LESS THAN MVFR MONDAY MORNING. SIMILAR SCENARIO
SPREADING INTO KMSP AND KRNH AROUND DAYBREAK WITH CONDITIONS
WORSENING BY LATE MORNING. IT APPEARS KEAU WILL SEE SNOW BY LATE
IN THE TAF PERIOD. STILL LOOKING LIKE VERY LOW CONDITIONS IN HEAVY
SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR KRWF/KSTC/KMSP AND KRNH WITH
VISIBILITIES A QUARTER TO HALF A MILE AND CEILINGS UNDER 500 FEET.
ACCOMPANYING THIS WILL BE NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 20
KNOTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR
     ANOKA-BENTON-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-
     KANABEC-LE SUEUR-MILLE LACS-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-
     WASECA-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR DOUGLAS-
     MORRISON-POPE-STEVENS-TODD.

     HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR BLUE
     EARTH-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-FARIBAULT-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-
     MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-
     STEARNS-SWIFT-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR
     FREEBORN-STEELE.

WI...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR
     BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR
     EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN.

&&

KAT/RAH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
420 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
310930-
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-
420 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY MONDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW IS EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO THE EAU
CLAIRE AREA OF WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING IN
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO
MONDAY NIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A
WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FOR MONDAY
INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
DETAILS ON THIS EVENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.