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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Apr 25, 2008, 12:38 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 21 hr. 20 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2008, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:58 PM CDT | SNOW 1.2 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Apr 25, 2:48 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Apr 25, 4:15 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Apr 25, 5:57 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Glenwood, MN | |
| Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Canby, MN | |
| Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | Madison, MN | FARMER NEAR MADISON REPORTS A STRONG 8 INCHES ON THE GROUND AND STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 25, 6:51 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | Appleton, MN | |
| Apr 25, 8:58 PM CDT | SNOW 8.7 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Apr 26, 6:03 AM CDT | SNOW 5.2 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Apr 26, 6:40 AM CDT | SNOW 10.4 | Hewitt, MN | |
| Apr 26, 6:50 AM CDT | SNOW 12 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Apr 26, 7:51 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Carlos, MN | |
| Apr 26, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 15.5 | 1 Se Brandon, MN | TWO OTHER REPORTS IN AND NEAR BRANDON ALSO AROUND 15.5 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 2 Sw Clarkfield, MN | |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | 6 Sw Canby, MN | |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | Cyrus, MN | |
| Apr 26, 9:04 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | Staples, MN | |
| Apr 26, 9:04 AM CDT | SNOW 11 | 5 Sw Evansville, MN | |
| Apr 26, 10:03 AM CDT | SNOW 7.2 | Benson, MN | |
| Apr 26, 10:03 AM CDT | SNOW 7.2 | Sse Benson, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 251738 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1238 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...VERY LATE SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA TO LONG PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS...TO AROUND A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO SAINT CLOUD. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. AS A LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS AND MOVES FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRECIPITATION AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO COOL...ALLOWING ANY RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THOUGH THE FIRST ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TO MELT ON CONTACT WITH THE WARMER SURFACES...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES WILL LIKELY CAUSE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON MOST SURFACES BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LIKELY WILL NOT BEGIN ACCUMULATING IN BENTON...EASTERN MORRISON...AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE LIFTS INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL LIKELY CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AND RURAL 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 VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. MNZ041-042-047-260145- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.080425T1738Z-080426T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS 1238 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. AS A LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS AND MOVES FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRECIPITATION AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO COOL...ALLOWING ANY RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THOUGH THE FIRST ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TO MELT ON CONTACT WITH THE WARMER SURFACES...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES WILL LIKELY CAUSE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON MOST SURFACES BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOWFALL SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW BY MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE LIFTS INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL LIKELY CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AND RURAL 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 VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ048-054>056-064-260145- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1238 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS A LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS AND MOVES FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRECIPITATION AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO COOL...ALLOWING ANY RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THOUGH THE FIRST ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TO MELT ON CONTACT WITH THE WARMER SURFACES...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES WILL LIKELY CAUSE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON MOST SURFACES BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LIKELY WILL NOT BEGIN ACCUMULATING IN BENTON...EASTERN MORRISON...AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE LIFTS INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL LIKELY CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. $$ MNZ043-049-050-057-260145- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.080425T1800Z-080426T0900Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... WILLMAR 1238 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS A LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS AND MOVES FROM NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRECIPITATION AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO COOL...ALLOWING ANY RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THOUGH THE FIRST ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TO MELT ON CONTACT WITH THE WARMER SURFACES...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES WILL LIKELY CAUSE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON MOST SURFACES BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LIKELY WILL NOT BEGIN ACCUMULATING IN BENTON...EASTERN MORRISON...AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE LIFTS INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL LIKELY CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. $$ TRH
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 252305 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 605 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO CONTINUE FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA TO LONG PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNING AREA...REACHING THE GRANITE FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT WHILE SLOWLY SPREADING INTO CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM MORRIS THROUGH ALEXANDRIA TO STAPLES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL STRETCH FROM CANBY THROUGH BENSON TO WILLMAR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY RESULTING. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND 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. 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. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. MNZ041-042-047-260715- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS 605 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT WHILE SLOWLY SPREADING INTO CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM MORRIS THROUGH ALEXANDRIA TO STAPLES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY RESULTING. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND 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. $$ MNZ043-048>050-054>057-064-260715- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ MORRISON-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 605 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT WHILE SLOWLY SPREADING INTO CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM CANBY THROUGH BENSON TO WILLMAR WITH WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE WILLMAR...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY RESULTING. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 260024 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 724 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 4 AM SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TO THE EAST OF THE WARNING AREA...STRETCHING FROM REDWOOD FALLS ON NORTHWARD THROUGH OLIVIA...WILLMAR...PAYNESVILLE AND LITTLE FALLS. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FROM CANBY AND MADISON ON NORTHWARD THROUGH APPLETON...MORRIS AND DONNELLY. ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE VERY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WERE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHILE LIGHTER SNOW SPREADS INTO AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE CANBY...MADISON...APPLETON AND MORRIS AREAS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL EXTEND FROM GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS NORTHWARD THROUGH WILLMAR...PAYNESVILLE AND LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND 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. 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. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. MNZ048-054>056-064-260830- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 724 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FROM CANBY AND MADISON ON NORTHWARD THROUGH APPLETON...MORRIS AND DONNELLY. ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE VERY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WERE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHILE LIGHTER SNOW SPREADS INTO AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE CANBY...MADISON...APPLETON AND MORRIS AREAS. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND 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. $$ MNZ041-042-047-260830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS 724 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FROM CANBY AND MADISON ON NORTHWARD THROUGH APPLETON...MORRIS AND DONNELLY. ROADS WERE REPORTED TO BE VERY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WERE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHILE LIGHTER SNOW SPREADS INTO AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE CANBY...MADISON...APPLETON AND MORRIS AREAS. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND 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. $$ MNZ065-073-260830- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 724 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STRETCHES FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH WILLMAR TO PAYNESVILLE AND LITTLE FALLS. RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATION BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS NORTHWARD THROUGH WILLMAR...PAYNESVILLE AND LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. $$ MNZ043-049-050-057-260830- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T0900Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... WILLMAR 724 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXTENDS FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH WILLMAR TO ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS. RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATION BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS NORTHWARD THROUGH WILLMAR...PAYNESVILLE AND LITTLE FALLS. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 260830 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 330 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...SPRING SNOW STORM WILL BE SLOW TO WIND DOWN THIS MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT TO THE EAST OF THE WARNING AREA...STRETCHING FROM REDWOOD FALLS ON NORTHWARD THROUGH OLIVIA...WILLMAR...PAYNESVILLE AND MILACA. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO OR ESTIMATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WERE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS LEADING TO POOR VISIBILITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN PLACES OF STEVENS AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT EASTWARD IN MORRISON AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WERE STILL OCCURRING THOUGH DUE TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND EARLIER FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAVING CAUSED ICING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH 7 TO 8 AM ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BEFORE SUBSIDING TO PRIMARILY FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING IN MUCH OF TODD...MORRISON...BENTON...AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THESE COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 10 AM. INCREASING WINDS MAY ALSO LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AND CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS THIS AREA. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING POSSIBLY ALONG INTERSTATE 94 AND HIGHWAY 212. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-261500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080426T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 330 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO OR ESTIMATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WERE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS LEADING TO POOR VISIBILITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN PLACES OF STEVENS AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH 7 TO 8 AM ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BEFORE SUBSIDING TO PRIMARILY FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-MORNING. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING POSSIBLY ALONG INTERSTATE 94 AND HIGHWAY 212. $$ MNZ044-261500- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T1500Z/ MILLE LACS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PRINCETON 330 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEGUN EARLY THIS MORNING IN MILLE LACS COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS DUE TO THE SNOWFALL AND EARLIER FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAVING CAUSED SOME ICING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING IN MILLE LACS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS MAY ALSO LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AND CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ043-049-050-057-065-073-261500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T1500Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 330 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO OR ESTIMATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WERE CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS LEADING TO POOR VISIBILITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS DUE TO SOME BLOWING SNOW ACCOMPANYING THE SNOWFALL AND EARLIER FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAVING CAUSED SOME ICING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING IN MUCH OF TODD...MORRISON...BENTON...AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THESE COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 10 AM. INCREASING WINDS MAY ALSO LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AND CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES SOON AFTER DAYBREAK. HOWEVER...BECAUSE OF CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MID-MORNING. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 261522 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1022 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...THE SPRING SNOW STORM IS STARTING TO DIMINISH... .ALTHOUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAVE EXPIRED...THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT THE STORM WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS TO CAMBRIDGE...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE NORTHERN TWI CITIES SUBURBS. THE FALLING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS... WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS. BUT SINCE THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF... THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS AROUND FIFTEEN INCHES. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO SEE POOR VISIBILITY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON IN AREAS WHERE FALLING SNOW COMBINES WITH STRONG WIND. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE THUNDER BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-261630- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080426T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1022 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THE REST OF THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT THE STORM WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS TO CAMBRIDGE...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE NORTHERN TWI CITIES SUBURBS. THE FALLING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS... WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS. BUT SINCE THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF... THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS AROUND FIFTEEN INCHES. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO SEE POOR VISIBILITY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON IN AREAS WHERE FALLING SNOW COMBINES WITH STRONG WIND. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE THUNDER BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MNZ043-044-049-050-057-065-073-261630- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080426T1500Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1022 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THE REST OF THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT THE STORM WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS TO CAMBRIDGE...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE NORTHERN TWI CITIES SUBURBS. THE FALLING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS... WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS. BUT SINCE THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF... THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WITH TWO OR FOUR INCHES FROM REDWOOD FALLS UP TO LAKE MILLE LACS. THE POOR VISIBILITY WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL... IN AREAS WHERE FALLING SNOW COMBINES WITH STRONG WIND. THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE THUNDER BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. $$ TDK
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 5:10 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Mille Lacs and 9 more | 29 hr |
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