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Snow Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Mar 20, 2008, 1:01 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 20, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2008, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 201801 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 101 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF A GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD...TO MINNEAPOLIS...AN RED WING LINE. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD. NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THAT AREA IS LOCATED MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE... ST CLOUD...NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. THE SNOW IS EXPECT TO BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING ...AND SPREAD TOWARD EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES...WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF...HEAVY...WET SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. LESSER SNOW TOTALS...IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE WILL BE FOUND IN THE ADVISORY AREA. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...SPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. MNZ047-048-054>060-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-210215- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.080321T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.080321T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 101 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF A GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD...TO MINNEAPOLIS...AND RED WING LINE. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT... MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING ...AND SPREAD TOWARD EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES...WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF WET SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PERIODS WHEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY...RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ041-049-210215- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.080321T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.080321T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...ST. CLOUD 101 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE AREAS BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ042-050-051-061>063-WIZ023>026-210215- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.080321T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ TODD-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 101 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA IS LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR ANOKA...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. BY LATE FRIDAY...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER THE REGION. 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. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 202159 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 459 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF A GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD...TO MINNEAPOLIS...AN RED WING LINE. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD. NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THAT AREA IS LOCATED MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE... ST CLOUD...NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN FOR A BRIEF TIME...WILL BE SPREADING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE ADVANCING TOWARD EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES...WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF... HEAVY...WET SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. LESSER SNOW TOTALS...IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE WILL BE FOUND IN THE ADVISORY AREA. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...SPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. MNZ047-048-054>060-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-210600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.080321T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 459 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF A GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD...TO MINNEAPOLIS...AND RED WING LINE. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT... MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD. SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN FOR A BRIEF TIME...WILL SPREAD OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN ADVANCE TOWARD EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES... WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF WET SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PERIODS WHEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY... RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PERIODS OF RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW. $$ MNZ041-042-049>051-061>063-WIZ023>026-210600- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.080321T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 459 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE AREAS BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MDB/DWE/WET
000 WWUS43 KMPX 210244 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 944 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD...TO LITCHFIELD...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO RED WING. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD. NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. THAT AREA IS LOCATED MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE UP TO 3 INCHES OF NEW ACCUMULATION HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 930 PM. SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN FOR A BRIEF TIME...WILL BE SPREADING INTO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 6 INCHES... WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF... HEAVY...WET SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. LESSER SNOW TOTALS...IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE WILL BE FOUND IN THE ADVISORY AREA. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO FALL THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS OVERNIGHT. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. MNZ047-048-054>060-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-211045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 944 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF A GLENWOOD...TO LITCHFIELD...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO RED WING LINE. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT... MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE UP TO 3 INCHES OF NEW ACCUMULATION HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 930 PM. SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN FOR A BRIEF TIME...WILL BE SPREADING INTO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 6 INCHES... WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF HEAVY... WET... SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PERIODS WHEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY... RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO FALL THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS OVERNIGHT. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ041-042-049>051-061>063-WIZ023>026-211045- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 944 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE AREAS BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MDB
000 WWUS43 KMPX 210712 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 212 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS AND MANKATO...TO JUST WEST OF ALBERT LEA. THIS AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING PARTS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. THUS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE REDUCED TO THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. OTHER AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WILL REMAIN IN A WINTER STORM WARNING. NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. THAT AREA IS LOCATED MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. SIGNIFICANT SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM AROUND MONTIVIDEO AND WILLMAR...TO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES. LIGHTER SNOW WAS FALLING OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. LIGHTER SNOW WILL FALL OVER CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 6 INCHES... WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF... HEAVY...WET SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. LESSER SNOW TOTALS...IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE WILL BE FOUND IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ073-074-082-083-091-092-211515- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.080321T0712Z-080322T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 212 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR SOUTHWEST INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE MORNING. THUS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE REDUCED TO THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. 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. $$ MNZ047-048-054>060-064>070-075>078-084-085-093-211515- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 212 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS...MORRIS... CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...ALBERT LEA... AND NORTHFIELD. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW ACCUMULATION HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 1 AM. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 6 INCHES... WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF HEAVY... WET... SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PERIODS WHEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY... RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO FALL THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS OVERNIGHT. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ041-042-049>051-061>063-WIZ023>026-211515- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 212 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE AREAS BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 211138 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 638 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM OLIVIA...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RED WING. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE IN THESE LOCATIONS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING AT OLIVIA...MONTEVIDEO...GLENCOE...AND CHANHASSEN. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA. FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. THIS AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SAW A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND WILL RECEIVE PERIODS OF SNOW TODAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES EXPECTED. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ047-048-054>060-064>070-075>078-084-085-093-211945- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 638 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS... MORRIS... CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...ALBERT LEA... AND NORTHFIELD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM OLIVIA...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RED WING. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE IN THESE LOCATIONS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING AT OLIVIA...MONTEVIDEO...GLENCOE...AND CHANHASSEN. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS TODAY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041-042-049>051-061>063-WIZ023>026-211945- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 638 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ073-074-082-083-091-092-211945- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 638 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...WHERE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE. 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 211414 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 914 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM OLIVIA...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RED WING. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE IN THESE LOCATIONS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING AT OLIVIA... MONTEVIDEO...GLENCOE...AND CHANHASSEN. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA. FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. THIS AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SAW A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND WILL RECEIVE PERIODS OF SNOW TODAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES EXPECTED. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ047-048-054>060-064>070-075>078-084-085-093-212215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 914 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS... MORRIS... CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...ALBERT LEA... AND NORTHFIELD. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM OLIVIA...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RED WING. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE IN THESE LOCATIONS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING AT OLIVIA...MONTEVIDEO...GLENCOE...AND CHANHASSEN. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. ROADS MAY CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS TODAY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ028-212215- /O.EXA.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 914 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR MENOMONIE TO EAU CLAIRE AND AUGUSTA. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ041-042-049>051-061>063-WIZ023>026-212215- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 914 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ073-074-082-083-091-092-212215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 914 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...WHERE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET. WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 211928 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM DIMINISHING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM. HEAVY SNOW WAS TAPERING TO LIGHT SNOW OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THROUGH 7 PM...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...EAST TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN METRO...FROM EDEN PRAIRIE...HUTCHINSON...PRIOR LAKE... LAKEVILLE AND RED WING. LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEBORN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALSO...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FARIBAULT AND MARTIN COUNTY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NORTH OF THIS AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. A MIX OF RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... ...WITH ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ093-212030- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALBERT LEA 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A LIGHT MIX OF LIGHT SNOW OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ091-092-212030- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A LIGHT MIX OF LIGHT SNOW OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ047-048-054>060-064>070-075>078-084-085-220000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS... MORRIS... CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...ALBERT LEA... AND NORTHFIELD. SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. LESSER TRAVELED ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY THIS EVENING. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041-042-049>051-061>063-WIZ023>026-028-220000- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO NEW RICHMOND AND MENOMONIE. ISOLATED HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE FOUND IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA WHERE 8 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS. $$ MNZ073-074-082-083-220000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO 228 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...WHERE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...TO MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
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 Mar 20, 12:20 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 12:20 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1220 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008
.UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW...
.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH HAS GENERATED SOME LIGHT RAIN IN THE MN
RIVER VALLEY REGION OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH PRECIP AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN
JUST BARELY MEASURABLE. THIS WAVE WILL PUSH EAST OF THE CWA THIS
MORNING...WITH RESIDUAL CLOUDS IN ITS WAKE. THE NEXT FEATURE OF
INTEREST IS NOTED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON EARLY MORNING
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE IN RELATIVELY DECENT
AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL EVOLUTION OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE
TROUGH...WHICH IS FORECAST TO PASS FROM EASTERN NE ACROSS IA AND
NORTHERN IL BETWEEN 06Z FRIDAY AND 06Z SATURDAY. THIS PLACES MUCH
OF THE CWA IN A FAVORABLE AREA FOR PLOWABLE SNOWFALL. REASONABLY
IMPRESSIVE FORCING IS INDICATED DURING THIS EVENT...AS A
DEFORMATION AXIS BECOMES SITUATED FROM WEST CENTRAL TO
SOUTHEASTERN MN. A SWATH OF DECENT 750MB-850MB 2D FRONTOGENESIS IS
PROGGED BY THE NAM BETWEEN 06Z AND 15Z FRIDAY. A CROSS SECTION
ORIENTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
/PERPENDICULAR TO THE ISOTHERMS/...ROUGHLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO
ST CLOUD...YIELDS NOTABLE AGEOSTROPHIC VERTICAL CIRCULATION AND
-12 MICROBARS OF OMEGA DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. ENHANCED MESOSCALE
SNOWFALL BANDING APPEARS POSSIBLE AS WELL...WITH A DEEP LAYER OF
SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL VORTICITY INDICATED IN THE
CROSS SECTION AS WELL. THE MOST FAVORABLE SNOW GROWTH REGION IS
PROGGED TO EXIST ACROSS THE MN RIVER VALLEY REGION...WHICH ALSO
CORRELATES WITH A TIGHT GRADIENT OF STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY...WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE/IF THE AFOREMENTIONED MESOSCALE BANDING
COMES TO FRUITION.
THERMAL PROFILES INDICATE THAT PRECIP WILL LIKELY START OUT AS
RAIN SOUTH CENTRAL MN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH A TRANSITION
TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT.
LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY...AS WEAK
TROUGHING PERSISTS OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST.
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN THE 30S FOR HIGHS INTO NEXT
WEEK...WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXITING REGION WITH NEXT WAVE AFFECTING MN AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WORKING ACROSS AREA WITH
PERHAPS OCNL MVFR DVLPG RWF AFTER 22Z. THEN SNOW WITH ATTENDANT
MVFR/IFR CIGS DVLPG ACRS AXN/RWF/STC THROUGH 06Z...AND AT MSP BY
08Z. STRONGER FORCING WORKS INTO MSP IN THE 11Z-18Z TIME PERIOD
WITH PERHAPS THE LOWEST VSBYS/HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES FROM 12Z-16Z
TIME PERIOD. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME MODERATE 1/2SM SN IN THE HEAVIER
SNOW BAND. LOOKS LIKE TOP END SNOWS WOULD BE AROUND 8 INCHES IN THE
HEAVY SNOW BAND REGION...SOUTHERN END FROM NORTH OF A LINE AT RWF-TO
AEL...THEN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOX TO MSP AND RGK. CONVECTION
PSBL...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MN RIVER VALLEY REGION LATE
TONIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING. BEST GUESS SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE METRO 6-8 INCHES
SOUTHERN METRO...WITH 2-4 INCHES IN THE NORTH.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-
MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-
SCOTT-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-WASECA-WATONWAN-
WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WI...NONE.
&&
/DWEHazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 4:57 AM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 457 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 211000- 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- 457 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLOWABLE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD TOWARD EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...WHICH WOULD LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS IN THOSE AREAS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND SIX INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE FOR A PORTION OF THE AREA...MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO RED WING. A NARROW BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 8 INCHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND YOUR NWS OFFICE FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING LOCATIONS AND PROJECTED AMOUNTS OF SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 1:01 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Faribault and 23 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
Snow Advisories in Minnesota, 2008Snow Advisories in Wisconsin, 2008Every snow advisory in 2008
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.