Alert archive / Minnesota / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this snow advisory at Mar 30, 2008, 3:04 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2008, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 7:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 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 302004 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 304 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...HEAVY WET SNOW LIKELY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE ST CLOUD...REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RED WING...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE. HEAVY WET SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MONDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS AND FAIRMONT AREAS. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS NORTH DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS FOR A TIME MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME 9 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ALSO ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE MORRIS...GLENWOOD...STAPLES...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA... OWATONNA...DURAN AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND PERHAPS SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL THEN OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-310415- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/ STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 304 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MONDAY MORNING AND SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND FOR A TIME MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025- 027-310415- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 304 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SOME 9 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>043-047-048-310415- /O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 304 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-310415- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 304 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND PERHAPS RAIN...WILL OCCUR FROM ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA ON NORTHEAST THROUGH DURAND AND EAU CLARIE ON MONDAY. SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...IS THEN EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 310238 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...HEAVY WET SNOW LIKELY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN CONTINUES THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE ST CLOUD...REDWOOD FALLS...FAIRMONT...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RED WING...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE. WET SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT ...INCLUDING THE MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS AND FAIRMONT AREAS. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS NORTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS FOR A TIME MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME 9 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN ALSO CONTINUES THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE MORRIS...GLENWOOD...STAPLES...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA... OWATONNA...DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND PERHAPS SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL THEN OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-311045- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/ STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MONDAY MORNING AND SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND FOR A TIME MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025- 027-311045- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SOME 9 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>043-047-048-311045- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-311045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 938 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN...WILL OCCUR FROM ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA ON NORTHEAST THROUGH DURAND AND EAU CLARIE ON MONDAY. SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...IS THEN EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 311016 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN CONTINUES THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE CAMRIDGE...FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE. SNOW HAS BEGUN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH LATE MORNING...REACHING THE TWIN CITIES BY 8 TO 10 AM AND COMMUNITIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 9 TO 11 AM. THE WET SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN 11 AM AND 10 PM...BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...BREEZY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTHEAST WINDS WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN ALSO CONTINUES THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS. SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN ALSO CONTINUES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 10 AM TO NOON ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BE A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE BETTER LIKELIHOOD OF CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO AND A HALF TO FIVE INCH RANGE. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA TONIGHT. MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-311830- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/ STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL SPREAD EAST AND SOUTHWARD THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE WET SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING....WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE FORECASTED IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...BREEZY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTHEAST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE...MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025- 027-311830- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.080331T1200Z-080401T1100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH LATE MORNING...REACHING THE TWIN CITIES BY 8 TO 10 AM AND COMMUNITIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 9 TO 11 AM. THE WET SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN 11 AM AND 10 PM...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...BREEZY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTHEAST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE...MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35...90...AND 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-311830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.080331T1500Z-080401T1100Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 10 AM TO NOON ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BE A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE BETTER LIKELIHOOD OF CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO AND A HALF TO FIVE INCH RANGE. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ041>043-047-048-311830- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.080331T1200Z-080401T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW SHOULD RAPIDLY TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 311432 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE. SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MID MORNING. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY OVER SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON...WITH VISIBILITIES AT A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...BY NOON AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS. SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY COVERS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AREAS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EAU CLAIRE BY NOON. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH RANGE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA TONIGHT. MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-312245- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MID MORNING. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY OVER SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON... WITH VISIBILITIES AT A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE BY NOON...INCLUDING THE TWINS CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WET HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025- 027-312245- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MID MORNING. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY OVER SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE INCLUDING THE REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES AT A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE BY NOON...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35... 90...AND 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>043-047-048-312245- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS WITHIN THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW SHOULD RAPIDLY TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-312245- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.080331T1500Z-080401T1100Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 932 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AREAS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EAU CLAIRE BY NOON. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH RANGE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH/KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 311654 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING... .A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE. SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MIDDAY. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE REGION WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCH RANGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO...ST JOSEPH AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS. SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA UP TO SIX INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME RAIN OR SLEET COULD MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM MISSOURI. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-010100- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MIDDAY. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCH RANGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO...ST JOSEPH AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025- 027-010100- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW COVERED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MIDDAY. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE REGION WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCH RANGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO...ST JOSEPH AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME NINE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35... 90...AND 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>043-047-048-010100- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SNOW ADVISORY AREA WILL BE UP TO SIX INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-010100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1154 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME RAIN OR SLEET COULD MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH/KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 311959 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE... FAIRMONT...MORA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE. SNOW CONTINUED TO PILE UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN WAS MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ALBERT LEA AND WASECA AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON HAVE REACHED FIVE INCHES AT SHERBURN IN MARTIN COUNTY WITH FOUR AND A HALF INCHES REPORTED IN ST JOSEPH...IN STEARNS COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH. SNOW AMOUNTS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE BEEN IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EVENING RUSH HOUR WILL STRETCH FROM MANKATO AND REDWOOD FALLS ON NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO NINE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORRIS. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HAMPERING TRAVEL WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM IOWA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-010400- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW CONTINUED TO PILE UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN WAS MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ALBERT LEA AND WASECA AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON HAVE REACHED FIVE INCHES AT SHERBURN IN MARTIN COUNTY WITH FOUR AND A HALF INCHES REPORTED IN ST JOSEPH...IN STEARNS COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH. THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EVENING RUSH HOUR WILL STRETCH FROM MANKATO AND REDWOOD FALLS ON NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025- 027-010400- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW CONTINUED TO PILE UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN WAS MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ALBERT LEA AND WASECA AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON HAVE REACHED FIVE INCHES AT SHERBURN IN MARTIN COUNTY WITH FOUR AND A HALF INCHES REPORTED IN ST JOSEPH...IN STEARNS COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH. SNOW AMOUNTS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE BEEN IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EVENING RUSH HOUR WILL STRETCH FROM MANKATO AND REDWOOD FALLS ON NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO NINE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35... 90...AND 94. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>043-047-048-010400- /O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...THEN DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HAMPERING TRAVEL WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-010400- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 259 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH/KAT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 010052 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW DECREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA... .SNOW WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT FOR THE AREA OF MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR LITTLE FALLS...TO MANKATO AND BLUE EARTH. THEREFORE...THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW REMAINS OVER THIS REGION...AND WILL TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW LATER TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE...MORA...RED WING...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...LADYSMITH AND MENOMONIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...FOR A SMALL AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NEAR EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY IN THE OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA AREAS THROUGH 10 PM...BUT WILL CONTINUE IN THE EAU CLAIRE AND DURAND AREAS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SOME SLEET MAY OCCUR AT TIMES IN THE AUGUSTA AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS WELL. THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SNOW EVENT. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MNZ049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-010200- /O.CAN.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE GENERALLY AN INCH OR TWO THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ MNZ041>043-047-048-010200- /O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD 752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...YIELDING PERHAPS ANOTHER INCH OF ACCUMULATION. $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-WIZ014>016-023>025- 027-010900- /O.CON.KMPX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. GENERAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE METRO...NORTH TOWARD PRINCETON. 2 TO 5 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER NORTH AND EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM NEAR RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH AND NEW RICHMOND OVERNIGHT. THE OVERALL INTENSITY IN THE SNOW IS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LINGERING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES 35... AND 94. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ085-093-WIZ026-028-010900- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080401T1100Z/ STEELE-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...DURAND... PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 752 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET... WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATES 35 AND 94. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:37 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:04 PM CDT | Heavy Snow Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:04 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 39 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.