Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 100256
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
956 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. THE WARNING BEGINS AT 1 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF APPLETON...
CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON AND ST. CLOUD. THE WARNING 
BEGINS AT 7 PM FURTHER TO THE NORTH IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF
THE WARNING AREA AND INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF FAIRMONT...THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. 

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST AREAS
OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN AND
SNOW...BUT A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED. 

THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT PRECIPITATION TYPE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL
AS THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE
PRECIPITATION IN THESE AREAS MAY OSCILLATE BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW
THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS THEN
EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.

BY FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED IN THE WARNING AREA WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 6
INCHES OR MORE. 

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE
INCREASING WIND FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY. 

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MNZ047>049-051-054>059-064>066-073-101100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080410T1800Z-080412T1200Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
REDWOOD FALLS
956 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST AREAS
OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN AND
SNOW...BUT A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED. 

BY FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED IN THE WARNING AREA WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE
INCREASING WIND FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY. 

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ041>045-050-101100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080411T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY
956 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING
THURSDAY NIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION MAY
BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW IS EXPECTED.

BY FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED IN THE WARNING AREA WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE
INCREASING WIND FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY. 

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074-075-082-091-WIZ014>016-101100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.080410T1800Z-080412T1200Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
956 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT PRECIPITATION TYPE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL
AS THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE
PRECIPITATION IN THESE AREAS MAY OSCILLATE BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW
THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY.

BY FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA COULD REACH 6 INCHES OR MORE.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE WILL BE INCREASING WIND FROM
THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS ON FRIDAY.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
IS FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

RAH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 100936
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS TO PARTS
OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. THE WARNING BEGINS AT 1 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF APPLETON...
CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON AND ST. CLOUD. THE WARNING
BEGINS AT 7 PM FURTHER TO THE NORTH IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE
HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH.

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST AREAS
OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN
AND SNOW...BUT A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND BY EVENING ACROSS THE
REST OF THE WARNING AREA.

THE CUTOFF FROM SNOW TO RAIN WILL BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND ALONG THE
HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE AREAS MAY SEE
PRECIPITATION OSCILLATE BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW...AND POSSIBLY
SLEET...THIS EVENING WHICH WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY.

VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BE REDUCED TO A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL DECREASE FRIDAY...BUT ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A SWATH FROM
CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA TO CAMBRIDGE WHERE
12 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED BY
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING TO THE SOUTHEAST OF
THESE AREAS...INCLUDING GAYLORD...THE TWIN CITIES METRO
AREA...RICE LAKE...AND LADYSMTH ARE EXPECTED TO SEE FROM AROUND 6 TO AS
MUCH AS 12 INCHES OF SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE VERY
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY IN OPEN
AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-WIZ014>016-101745-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.080410T1800Z-080412T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080410T2100Z-080412T1200Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
436 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH.

PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND BEGIN AS A
MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. THIS MIX WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE CUTOFF FROM
SNOW TO RAIN WILL BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE AREAS MAY SEE PRECIPITATION
OSCILLATE BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SLEET...THIS
EVENING WHICH WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BE REDUCED TO A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL
DECREASE FRIDAY...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM GAYLORD TO MINNEAPOLIS TO CAMBRIDGE AND
EASTWARD TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6
TO 12 INCHES BY FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE WHERE THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE VERY
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY IN OPEN
AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ047>049-051-054>059-064>066-073-101745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080410T1800Z-080412T1200Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
REDWOOD FALLS
436 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST AREAS
OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN
AND SNOW...BUT A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED
TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND
FURTHER REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DECREASE FRIDAY BUT
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A SWATH FROM
CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA TO CAMBRIDGE WHERE
ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ041>045-050-101745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080411T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY
436 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST AREAS
OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN
AND SNOW...BUT A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED
TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND
FURTHER REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DECREASE FRIDAY BUT
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A SWATH FROM
CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA TO CAMBRIDGE WHERE
ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ074-075-082-091-101745-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.080410T1800Z-080412T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.080410T1800Z-080412T1200Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...
FAIRMONT
436 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY BRINGING VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ALONG WITH A MIX OF PRECIPITATION.

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AS WELL AND START OUT AS
RAIN BUT MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOW TONIGHT AND MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES. THE AREA WILL BE ON THE FRINGE OF WARMER AIR ALOFT SO
PRECIPITATION MAY OSCILLATE BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO AS
MUCH AS 6 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS
AT TIMES THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY
IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AS WELL AS SOME DRIFTING.

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

$$

MDB/WET

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 101749
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1249 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. 

THE WARNING BEGINS AT 4 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF APPLETON...
CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON AND ST. CLOUD. THE WARNING
BEGINS AT 7 PM FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND EAST IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE
FALLS...MORA...THE TWIN CITIES...RICE LAKE...AND LADYSMITH.

A PERIOD OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW FOR A TIME THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RAIN SNOW MIX WILL TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING. A LONGER PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING
RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET...IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL
LIKELY NOT OCCUR UNTIL CLOSER TO DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THIS COULD
DRAMATICALLY REDUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO...RICE
LAKE...AND LADYSMITH AREAS. 

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A SWATH
FROM CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA TO CAMBRIDGE
WHERE 9 TO 13 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED BY
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY SNOW
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL DECREASE FRIDAY...BUT
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THESE
AREAS...INCLUDING GAYLORD...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...RICE
LAKE...AND LADYSMITH ARE EXPECTED TO SEE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE VERY
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR
VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MNZ047>049-051-054>059-064>066-073-110200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080410T2100Z-080412T1200Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
REDWOOD FALLS
1249 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

A PERIOD OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW FOR A PERIOD THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RAIN SNOW MIX WILL TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING. 

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A
SWATH FROM CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS NORTHEAST TO MORRIS AND SAUK
CENTRE...WHERE 9 TO 13 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS
EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...VISIBILITY IN THE
HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL
DECREASE FRIDAY...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.


THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-WIZ014>016-110200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080411T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1249 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

A PERIOD OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW FOR A PERIOD THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LONGER PERIOD OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET...IS EXPECTED
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE
THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL LIKELY NOT OCCUR UNTIL CLOSER TO
DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THIS COULD DRAMATICALLY REDUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO...RICE LAKE...AND
LADYSMITH AREAS.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING GAYLORD...THE
TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...RICE LAKE...AND LADYSMITH ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ041>045-050-110200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080411T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY
1249 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

A PERIOD OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW FOR A PERIOD THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RAIN SNOW MIX WILL TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A
SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LITTLE FALLS...WHERE 9 TO 13
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL DECREASE FRIDAY...BUT ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.


THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO REACH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ074-075-082-091-110200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.080410T1800Z-080412T1200Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...
FAIRMONT
1249 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY. 

A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY BRINGING VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ALONG WITH A MIX OF PRECIPITATION.

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A MIX OF
RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A
TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AS WELL AS
SOME DRIFTING.

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 102136
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY..

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT BEGINNING AT 7
PM THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE WARNING INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA...
HUTCHINSON...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...WESTERN AND
NORTHERN LOCATIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND WILLMAR.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INCLUDING FAIRMONT AND ST 
JAMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN
AND SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BEGINNING AT 7 PM THIS
EVENING.

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE
MID-EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. MORE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH TWO
TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA...WITH
POTENTIALLY NEAR A FOOT IN A SWATH FROM CANBY NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARDS LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS...WITH PATCHY BLOWING
SNOW EXPECTED IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

IN THE WARNING AREA IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. IT MAY BRIEFLY BE
HEAVY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED NORTH
OF THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR. MORE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE
DAY FRIDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IS
EXPECTED TO BE FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES.

WITHIN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY A MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH PREDOMINATELY LIGHT PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A TRACE TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL
BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW ON FRIDAY WITHIN THIS AREA WITH AS MUCH AS
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM NEAR KANSAS CITY EARLY THIS EVENING TO NEAR
MILWAUKEE BY FRIDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.


MNZ062-063-069-070-110545-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080411T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.080411T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE
436 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

A MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...WITH PREDOMINATELY LIGHT
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A TRACE TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH
OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW ON FRIDAY
WITHIN THIS AREA WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION.

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>049-051-054>059-064>066-073-110545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
REDWOOD FALLS
436 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY.

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN 
MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE
MID-EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. MORE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH TWO
TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA...WITH
POTENTIALLY NEAR A FOOT IN A SWATCH FROM CANBY NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARDS LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS...WITH PATCHY BLOWING
SNOW EXPECTED IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

MNZ041>045-050-052-053-060-061-067-068-WIZ014>016-110545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.080411T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-SIBLEY-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...GAYLORD...CHASKA...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
436 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE 
MID-EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. MORE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH TWO
TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA...WITH
POTENTIALLY NEAR A FOOT AROUND LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS...WITH PATCHY
BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. IT MAY BRIEFLY BE HEAVY...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED NORTH OF THE U.S.
HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR. MORE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8
CORRIDOR IS EXPECTED TO BE FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

MNZ074-075-082-091-110545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...
FAIRMONT
436 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY. 

A MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TRACE TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL
BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW ON FRIDAY WITHIN THIS AREA WITH AS MUCH AS
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

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 110435
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1135 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY..

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT BEGINNING AT
7 PM THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE WARNING INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA...
HUTCHINSON...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...WESTERN AND
NORTHERN LOCATIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND WILLMAR.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INCLUDING FAIRMONT
AND ST JAMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BEGINNING AT 7 PM
THIS EVENING.

SNOW HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY FALLING THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY
EVENING ACROSS WESTERN...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...LEADING TO MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH
RANGE UP TO MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY OF FOUR TO EIGHT
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND TOWARD LITTLE
FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. MORE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS
AREA...WITH POTENTIALLY NEAR A FOOT IN A SWATH FROM CANBY
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IN WESTERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS...WITH
PATCHY BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

IN THE WARNING AREA IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IS
EXPECTED TO BE FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES.

WITHIN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION GENERALLY
ON THE LIGHT SIDE. A TRACE TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY SNOW ON FRIDAY WITHIN THIS
AREA WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

THE HEAVY SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM NEAR OMAHA EARLY THIS EVENING TO NEAR MILWAUKEE BY
FRIDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MNZ041>045-047>061-064>068-073-WIZ014>016-111245-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
REDWOOD FALLS...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH
1135 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY.

SNOW HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY FALLING THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY
EVENING ACROSS WESTERN...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...LEADING TO MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH
RANGE UP TO MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY OF FOUR TO EIGHT
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND TOWARD LITTLE
FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. MORE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS
AREA...WITH POTENTIALLY NEAR A FOOT IN A SWATH FROM CANBY
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IN WESTERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS...WITH
PATCHY BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

IN THE WARNING AREA IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IS
EXPECTED TO BE FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

MNZ062-063-069-070-074-075-082-091-111245-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
1135 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY. 

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION GENERALLY ON THE LIGHT SIDE. A
TRACE TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
WITHIN THIS AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER... PRECIPITATION WILL BE
PREDOMINANTLY SNOW ON FRIDAY WITHIN THIS AREA WITH AS MUCH AS TWO
TO FOUR INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

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 110849
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
349 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY 8
CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY. SOME
COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...
MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE
AND LADYSMITH.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HENNEPIN...CARVER AND SIBLEY COUNTIES
HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES AS WELL AS FROM NEW ULM AND MANKATO TO
FAIRMONT.

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 30
MPH CONTINUED EARLY THIS MORNING FROM LITTLE FALLS AND ALEXANDRIA
THROUGH MONTEVIDEO AND CANBY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6
INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT.

SNOW WAS ALSO FALLING EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE PRINCETON...CAMBRIDGE
AND MORA AREAS. HOWEVER...RAIN HAS BEEN MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW
FROM TIME TO TIME. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WAS ALSO OCCURRING
ALONG THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

DRIER AIR SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...ALONG WITH SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURES. THIS HAS AIDED IN
DIMINISHING THE PRECIPITATION WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAIN BEING REPORTED
FROM TIME TO TIME FROM TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH NEW ULM
AND FAIRMONT.

THE CAUSE OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION WAS
STRONG LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER WESTERN IOWA.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY. SNOW AND
BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE UP TO 4 INCHES. THE MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NEW SNOW
ACCUMULATION IN THESE AREAS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE.

RAIN...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING FROM
THE TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT. A
CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR
WORKS INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TONIGHT.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON SATURDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM ADVANCES ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MNZ060-067-068-111700-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
HENNEPIN-SIBLEY-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...GAYLORD...CHASKA
349 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

DRIER AIR SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...ALONG WITH SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURES. THIS HAS AIDED IN
DIMINISHING THE PRECIPITATION WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAIN BEING
REPORTED FROM TIME TO TIME FROM TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH
NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT.

RAIN...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING FROM
THE TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT. A
CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR
WORKS INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TONIGHT.

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.

$$

MNZ041>045-047>059-061-064>066-073-WIZ014>016-111700-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
REDWOOD-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
349 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY.

SNOW AND BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE UP TO 4 INCHES. THE
MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND ALONG THE
HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THESE AREAS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH
RANGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

MNZ062-063-069-070-074-075-082-091-111700-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
349 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY. 

DRIER AIR SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...ALONG WITH SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURES. THIS HAS AIDED IN
DIMINISHING THE PRECIPITATION WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAIN BEING
REPORTED FROM TIME TO TIME FROM TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH
NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT.

RAIN...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING FROM
THE TWIN CITIES ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT. A
CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR
WORKS INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TONIGHT.

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

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 111708
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1208 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINDY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST AREAWIDE WITH PERIODS OF SNOW...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING 
FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE HIGHWAY 8
CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING.
SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...
HUTCHINSON... MONTEVIDEO...ST CLOUD...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE AND
LADYSMITH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN 
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA UNTIL 10 PM THIS
EVENING.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY AND THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
MID-EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY BE
MODERATE AT TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR POSSIBLY
LESS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. 

IN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THAT RECEIVED SNOWFALL
LAST NIGHT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON DUE
TO GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS. THIS MAY LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA PRIMARILY RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO
SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. AIR
TEMPERATURES AT THE GROUND SURFACE MAY ALSO REACH FREEZING LATER
THIS AFTERNOON CREATING SLICK ROADWAYS INTO THE EVENING.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM ADVANCES EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MNZ073-111815-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS
1208 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

ONLY MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS HAD OCCURRED IN REDWOOD COUNTY THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR.
NORTHERLY WINDS...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH...WILL ALSO CONTINUE.
THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

MNZ067-069-070-074-075-082-091-111815-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080412T1200Z/
SIBLEY-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
1208 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN
MINOR SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION IS
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064>066-120000-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON
1208 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN RURAL OPEN
AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY NORTHERLY
WINDS. THIS MAY LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. THIS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR
IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS
STORM...ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER
WEATHER.

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-061-WIZ014>016-120100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1208 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY. 

BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
MID-EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY BE
MODERATE AT TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR POSSIBLY
LESS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

MNZ060-062-063-068-120100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080412T0300Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA
1208 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA PRIMARILY RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO
SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE METRO AREA. AIR TEMPERATURES AT
THE GROUND SURFACE MAY ALSO REACH FREEZING LATER THIS AFTERNOON
CREATING SLICK ROADWAYS INTO THE EVENING.

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 112036
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
336 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINDY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST AREA WIDE WITH PERIODS OF SNOW...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR
A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE HIGHWAY
8 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 1 AM SATURDAY
MORNING. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...
WILLMAR... HUTCHINSON... MONTEVIDEO...ST CLOUD...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH.

BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHEAST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO MID-EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY
BE MODERATE AT TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE MILE OR POSSIBLY
A LITTLE LESS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM ADVANCES EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. CONSIDERING THE LATE
SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL
PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064>066-112145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON
336 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

ONLY MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS HAD OCCURRED ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOME ADDITIONAL VERY LIGHT
SNOW OR FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...EXPECT
ONLY ANOTHER FEW TENTHS TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PRIOR TO
MIDNIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS WE PROCEED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 


$$

MNZ060-062-063-068-112145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080412T0300Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA
336 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

RAINFALL OR DRIZZLE HAS BEEN THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH
OF THE METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THUS THE ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. 

$$

MNZ042>045-049>052-058-059-061-120000-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE
336 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

LIGHT BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
MID-EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY BE
MODERATE AT TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR SLIGHTLY
LESS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. CONSIDERING THE LATE
SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL
PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

MNZ053-WIZ014>016-120445-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0600Z/
CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
336 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY.

BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EAST FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
MID-EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY BE
MODERATE AT TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR
POSSIBLY LESS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. CONSIDERING THE LATE
SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL
PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

MNZ057-120000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/
KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR
336 PM CDT FRI APR 11 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. 

SNOW WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN RURAL
OPEN AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY NORTHERLY
WINDS. THIS MAY LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. THIS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR NEAR
IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 120025
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
725 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...SNOW WAS CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN...NAMELY THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR FROM
CHISAGO CITY TO BARRON AND LADYSMITH...WHERE TWO OR THREE INCHES
OF SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

BANDS OF SNOW WERE STILL ROTATING AROUND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES... REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR POSSIBLY LESS. THEREFORE THE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR CHISAGO...POLK...BARRON AND RUSK
COUNTIES.

ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT OVER
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...WHERE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY FALL.


MNZ042>045-049>052-057>059-061-120130-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE
725 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...AND ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE. BUT THE
BULK OF THE HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

MNZ053-WIZ014>016-120600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080412T0600Z/
CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
725 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY.

TWO OR THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG
THE HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR FROM CHISAGO CITY TO BARRON...TO LADYSMITH.
BANDS OF SNOW WERE STILL ROTATING AROUND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES...
REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR POSSIBLY LESS. THEREFORE THE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

$$
TDK