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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Feb 3, 2008, 3:39 PM CST for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 36 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 4, 2008, 3:51 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2008, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2008, 3:51 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2008, 7:22 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 45 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas 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, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 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 032139 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 339 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...SNOW HEADING FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREADING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST...ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY PRECEDE THE SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATER MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE DAY MONDAY...POSSIBLY WITH A FEW CRACKS OF THUNDER. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY..BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FROM THE NORTH OR EAST PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TOWARD MILLE LACS LAKE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. SOME MINOR ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND EAU CLAIRE...TO OWATONNA AND SOUTH OF MANKATO. A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING FROM NEBRASKA...THROUGH IOWA AND INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-040545- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 339 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-052-040545- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1500Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE 339 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MID MORNING MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-040545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 339 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS LIKELY FROM EAU CLAIRE...TO OWATONNA...TO SOUTH OF MANKATO...WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING ICY SIDEWALKS AND HIGHWAYS. THE LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 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. $$ MNZ053-WIZ014>016-040545- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.080204T1500Z-080205T0600Z/ CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 339 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS LIKELY MID DAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR/DWE
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 040401 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...SNOW HEADING FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHEAST...ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY PRECEDE THE SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATER MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE DAY MONDAY...POSSIBLY WITH A FEW CRACKS OF THUNDER. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY..BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FROM THE NORTH OR EAST PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TOWARD MILLE LACS LAKE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. SOME MINOR ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND EAU CLAIRE...TO OWATONNA AND SOUTH OF MANKATO. A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING FROM NEBRASKA...THROUGH IOWA AND INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-041215- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-052-041215- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1500Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MID MORNING MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-041215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS LIKELY FROM EAU CLAIRE...TO OWATONNA...TO SOUTH OF MANKATO...WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING ICY SIDEWALKS AND HIGHWAYS. THE LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 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. $$ MNZ053-WIZ014>016-041215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.080204T1500Z-080205T0600Z/ CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS LIKELY MID DAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MDB/JPR/DWE
000 WWUS43 KMPX 040951 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 351 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW HEADING FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHEAST...ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING. SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE LATER MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAINT JAMES...TO SAINT PETER...TO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE DAY MONDAY...POSSIBLY WITH A FEW CRACKS OF THUNDER. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY..BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE NORTH OR EAST PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TOWARD MILLE LACS LAKE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH...AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. SOME MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND EAU CLAIRE...TO OWATONNA AND SOUTH OF MANKATO. A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING FROM NEBRASKA...THROUGH IOWA AND INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. MNZ060>063-067>070-074>076-082-WIZ023-041800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 351 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED PRIOR TO THE EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR COULD BE PROBLEMATIC DUE TO WORSENING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE TWIN CITIES. 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. $$ MNZ053-WIZ014>016-041800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.080204T1500Z-080205T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1500Z-080205T0600Z/ CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 351 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED PRIOR TO THE LATE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-041800- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 351 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-052-041800- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.080204T1500Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE 351 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MID MORNING MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE MONDAY EVENING...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ077-078-083>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-041800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.080204T1200Z-080205T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 351 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET FROM EAU CLAIRE...TO OWATONNA...TO SOUTH OF MANKATO...WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. $$ KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 041808 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1208 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW LIFTING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WAS TAPERING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL GRADUALLY END DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH A 5 OR 6 INCH TOTAL POSSIBLE OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. LESSER SNOW TOTALS WILL BE FOUND OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE ALEXANDRIA AND GRANITE FALLS AREAS. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAINT JAMES...TO SAINT PETER...TO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING FROM MISSOURI...THROUGH IOWA AND INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...BY THIS EVENING. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>070-073>076-082-WIZ023-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- 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-WATONWAN- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1208 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EVENING SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND NEW RICHMOND WISCONSIN. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-050215- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 1208 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE MONDAY EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ077-078-083>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1208 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY EVENING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ANTICIPATED. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NEAR EAU CLAIRE...OWATONNA...TO SOUTH OF MANKATO AND INTERSTATE 90...WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 041820 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1220 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW LIFTING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WAS TAPERING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL GRADUALLY END DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH A 5 OR 6 INCH TOTAL POSSIBLE OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. LESSER SNOW TOTALS WILL BE FOUND OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE ALEXANDRIA AND GRANITE FALLS AREAS. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAINT JAMES...TO SAINT PETER...TO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING FROM MISSOURI...THROUGH IOWA AND INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...BY THIS EVENING. MNZ077-078-WIZ024>028-050000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1220 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 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. $$ MNZ083>085-091>093-041930- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1220 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES DURING THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON. THUS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM...HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED OR NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAINS GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH. $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-054>070-073>076-082-WIZ023-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- 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-WATONWAN- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1220 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EVENING SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND NEW RICHMOND WISCONSIN. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 1220 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE MONDAY EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 042110 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 310 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW CONTINUED TO OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...COULD VARY FROM AROUND AN INCH OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR LADYSMITH AND RICE LAKE OR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 8 COULD VARY FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW HAD ENDED OR DIMINISH OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR DURING THE EVENING SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THUS...THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER MISSOURI...WILL MOVE OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-074-076>078-082-042215- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD-BROWN-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES 310 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFEECT HAS BEEN CANCELED. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAD LIFTED NORTHEAST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR DURING THE REST OF THE EVENING. NO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-057>063-065>070-075-WIZ023>028-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 310 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EVENING SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-050515- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 310 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AND DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES DURING THE EVENING. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 042159 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WILL RANGE AROUND AN INCH OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR LADYSMITH AND RICE LAKE OR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 8 COULD VARY FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHERN AND PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY YET OCCUR DURING THE EVENING SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THUS...THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER MISSOURI...WILL MOVE OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. MNZ042-043-049>051-057>063-065>070-075-WIZ023>028-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 359 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EVENING SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 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. $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 359 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AND DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES DURING THE EVENING. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 050017 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 617 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW CONTINUES TO TAPER OFF OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW CONTINUES TO DIMINISH OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ONLY REMAINING SNOW THIS EVENING SHOULD BE IN THE AREA FROM BALSAM LAKE TO LADYSMITH...WHERE NO MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE. FINAL TOTALS WILL BE TWO TO FOUR INCHES FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONLY A FEW FLURRIES REMAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WAS DUE TO LOW PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI... WHICH SHOULD REACH LOWER MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD MICHIGAN...THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END. MNZ044-045-052-053-050130- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY 617 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ONLY A FEW FLURRIES REMAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL TODAY WAS DUE TO LOW PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI... WHICH SHOULD REACH LOWER MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY... THE FLURRIES WILL TAPER OFF. $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-057>063-065>070-075-WIZ023>028-050130- /O.EXP.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 617 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ONLY A FEW FLURRIES REMAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL TODAY WAS DUE TO LOW PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI... WHICH SHOULD REACH LOWER MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY... THE FLURRIES WILL TAPER OFF. $$ WIZ014>016-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH 617 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BRINGING TOTALS TO TWO TO FOUR INCHES. THE SNOW WAS ALREADY TAPERING OFF IN SOME LOCALES...AND BY 9 PM...ONLY SOME FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED BEFORE MIDNIGHT. $$ TDK
000 WWUS43 KMPX 050122 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 722 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END... .ONLY A FEW FLURRIES REMAIN FROM BALSAM LAKE TO LADYSMITH... AND SO THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED THIS EVENING. AROUND TWO INCHES OF SNOW WERE COMMON ACROSS THIS PART OF WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAS ENDED...WATCH OUT FOR SLICK ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE 20S. THE SNOW WAS DUE TO LOW PRESSURE IN MISSOURI...WHICH WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. WIZ014>016-050230- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH 722 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS TAPERED TO JUST SOME FLURRIES THIS EVENING. AROUND TWO INCHES OF SNOW WERE COMMON ACROSS THIS PART OF WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAS ENDED...WATCH OUT FOR SLICK ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE 20S. THE SNOW WAS DUE TO LOW PRESSURE IN MISSOURI...WHICH WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. $$ TDK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Feb 3, 3:27 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:27 PM CST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
327 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008
.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERN NEAR TERM IS TWO-FOLD...FIRST SHORT WAVE MOVING
THROUGH IA/WI AND THEN NEXT WAVE/STRONGER WAVE COMING UP MONDAY.
RADAR TRENDS SHOWING SNOW MOVING THROUGH EASTERN IA. MAY CLIP
SOUTHEAST MN THIS EVENING...BEFORE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WI. DONT
BELIEVE I WILL HAVE TO ADD POP INTO WC WI THIS EVENING. LOW CLOUDS
CLEARED OUT OVER PARTS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD
GRADUALLY INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST AS NEXT SHORTWAVE
APPROACHES SOUTHERN MN LATER TONIGHT. WILL HOLD ONTO SMALL POP FAR
SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. NEXT WAVE MOVING UTAH/WYOMING REGION WITH
MAIN JET LAGGING SOME INTO THE SOUTHWEST. MODELS TREND THIS NEXT
WAVE INTO THE CWA FOR MONDAY. THERMAL STRUCTURE BRINGS POSSIBLE
MIX INTO THE EASTERN CWA DURING THE DAY MONDAY. LOOKING AT BOTH
NAM AND GFS...THERE IS GOOD CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL PER CROSS
SECTIONAL ANALYSIS. SATURATED EPV AND MOMENTUM SURFACE ARE QUITE
UNSTABLE MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MN/WC WI BEGINNING BY 15Z
THROUGH 21Z OVER THE AREA. WILL LIKELY SEE COUPLE OF SURGES MOVING
THROUGH THIS REGION...DROPPING PERIOD OF MODERATE/HEAVY SNOW AND
THEN POSSIBLE FZRAPL OVER THE REGION. AIR/SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL BE CRITICAL...WITH THE NAM BEING THE WARMEST. WILL BE A BIT
MORE CONSERVATIVE AND MENTION SNOW OVER THE WESTERN CWA...WITH MIX
MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BALSAM LAKE-ANOKA-GLENCOE AND NEW
ULM. SNOW AMOUNTS GENERALLY 3-5 IN SNOW AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL
OF 7 INCHES IF SYSTEM IS MORE CONVECTIVE. 15Z SREF IS STILL
PAINTING SNOW BAND OVER SOUTHWEST/CENTRAL MN INTO THE
NORTHEAST...CLIPPING THE NORTHWEST METRO. WILL HAVE TO WATCH HOW
THIS DEVELOPS.
THIS WAVE THEN PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST DURING MONDAY EVENING.
SHOULD TAKE MOST OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WITH IT. THIS MAY LEAVE A
LITTLE -ZL/-SN REMAINING DIRECTLY BEHIND WAVE BEFORE MAIN UPPER
TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH INTO MONDAY. WILL HOLD ONTO SOME LOW CHANCE
POPS FOR THIS. COLDER AIR DOES MOVE INTO THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WED...AS A SURFACE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS CWA. THEN TEMPERATURES
MODERATE INTO THE LONG TERM. A WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM PROGGED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY TIME FRAME. WILL MENTION DRY THEREAFTER
WITH RINGING TRYING DEVELOP ALOFT. 12Z ECMWF SHOWING NEXT COLD
SURGE COMING EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
PERSISTENT SE FLOW SHOULD KEEP IFR CEILINGS IN PLACE OVER AREAS
OF EASTERN CWA THAT HAD BEEN IN THE LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING AND
LAST NIGHT. VSBYS SHOULD IMPROVE INTO MVFR CATEGORY DURING THE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AREAS TO THE WEST /KAXN/KRWF/..WILL
REMAIN IN THE EDGE OF THE STATUS DECK BUT VSBYS IN MVFR F. WITH
THE SE FLOW CONTINUING TONIGHT...LOW CLOUDS SHOULD BUILD BACK INTO
KAXN AND KRWF...AND CEILINGS SHOULD LOWER SLOWLY REST OF AREA.
INCREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIP BY MONDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF
AREA...ESPECIALLY KRWF...TO KMSP..KRNH...KEAU...AS LARGE SCALE
FORCING WITH UPPER TROUGH AND LOW CENTER MOVE INTO THE PLAINS JUST
TO OUR SOUTH. THIS COULD BE PRECEDED BY AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE INCREASING CHANCES FOR MIXED PRECIP VCNTY KEAU
LATE IN THE PERIOD AND BEYOND.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR ANOKA-
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-
HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-
STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR BENTON-CHIPPEWA-
DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MORRISON-POPE-
REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-
WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT FOR
ISANTI-KANABEC-MILLE LACS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY
NIGHT FOR CHISAGO.
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-ST. CROIX.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY
NIGHT FOR BARRON-POLK-RUSK.
&&
JPR/DWEHazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:01 AM CST, 10 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 501 AM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 041115- 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- 501 AM CST SUN FEB 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE FREEZING FOG WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE FOG WILL LIFT DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN MONDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE AND AUGUSTA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY MONDAY NIGHT BUT NOT BEFORE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION OCCURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:31 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:14 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 3 hr |
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Sources
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.