Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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WWUS43 KMPX 140305
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
905 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TONIGHT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES AREAS GENERALLY TO THE
WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO GLENWOOD...TO LITTLE FALLS.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS TO THE WEST OF A LINE
FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO DELANO...TO CHISAGO CITY.

A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS
TO AREAS AROUND MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...AND LONG
PRAIRIE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES AREA EXPECTED...
ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW
AND WIND TO OCCUR DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS OF SUNDAY. FATHER
SOUTH TOWARD DAWSON...AND CANBY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED...BUT WITH POTENTIALLY STRONGER WINDS. NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS COULD REACH 30 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS.

FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ST CLOUD...
WILLMAR...REDWOOD FALLS...AND CAMBRIDGE...A PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SNOW COULD OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY NOON ON SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING
IN THE AFTERNOON.

THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING.
SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY
BECOME VERY TREACHEROUS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY EVENING.

A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND REACH NORTHERN WISCONSIN
SUNDAY EVENING.

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DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
905 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO
NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW
AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO
SNOW EARLY IN THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY
EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A
HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WIND ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

$$

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LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
GRANITE FALLS
905 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO
NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND VERY STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY
EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE
SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30
MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL
COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW  MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG
WINDS AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ044-045-049>053-057>059-065-073-141115-
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MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
905 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO
NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE
CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED
TOWARD ST CLOUD...CAMBRIDGE...AND FOLEY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES.

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.

$$

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WWUS43 KMPX 141144
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...STRONG WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT GIVING WAY TO SEVERE
WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT..

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA
TO MONTEVIDEO LINE. ADDITIONAL CITIES INCLUDED ARE
APPLETON...MADISON...AND MORRIS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. THE AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MORA...ST.
CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH
AND EAST OF THIS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT THAT INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO CAMBRIDGE IN
MINNESOTA AND THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THIS
INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS 
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL
PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO
12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WITH THE
GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS. WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED.
WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK
ACROSS THIS AREA...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...POTENTIALLY
GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING.

ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A WINTER
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO
NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MORA TO ST. CLOUD TOWARDS WILLMAR.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST IN THE ADVISORY AREA...MIXED PRECIPITATION
DURING THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING
WITHIN THIS AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF TWO TO FIVE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE MINNESOTA ADVISORY AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.



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DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS 
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL
PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9
TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAKING
TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN
TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS AREA...THE WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONG...POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL
LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE
INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ054>056-064-141945-
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/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.081214T1144Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
GRANITE FALLS
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS 
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL
PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5
TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAKING
TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN
TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS AREA...THE WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONG...POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL
LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ049-050-057-141945-
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/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN 
RESPONSE...ACCUMULATING SNOW OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES IS EXPECTED
FROM ST. CLOUD TOWARDS WILLMAR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ044-045-141945-
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/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN 
RESPONSE...ACCUMULATING SNOW OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES IS EXPECTED
ACROSS MILLE LACS AND KANABEC COUNTIES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ042-043-141945-
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/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN 
RESPONSE...ACCUMULATING SNOW OF SEVEN TO TEN INCHES IS EXPECTED
ACROSS TODD AND MORRISON COUNTIES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL
LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WIND ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ051-058-059-065-073-141945-
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/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...MIXED
PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY LATE
MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF TWO TO
FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL FURTHER
REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-141945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A POTENT LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 
TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

WIZ014>016-141945-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...MIXED
PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO
SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE
EXPECTED.

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.

$$

MNZ052-053-141945-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY
544 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE...LIGHT 
MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY
LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THEN OF
TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL FURTHER
REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.

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 141744
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...STRONG WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT GIVING
WAY TO SEVERE WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT..

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA
TO MONTEVIDEO LINE. ADDITIONAL CITIES INCLUDED ARE
APPLETON...MADISON...AND MORRIS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT... INCLUDING LITTLE FALLS... MORA... ST.
CLOUD... WILLMAR... AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH
AND EAST OF THIS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT THAT INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO CAMBRIDGE IN
MINNESOTA AND THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THIS
INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN
RESPONSE... HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR... MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW
WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS
AREA... THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG... POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO
OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING.

ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A WINTER
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO
12 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM NEAR
LONG PRAIRIE EAST THROUGH LITTLE FALLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST IN THE ADVISORY AREA... SNOW IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD TO
MONTICELLO. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
MINNESOTA ADVISORY AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-150145-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN
RESPONSE... HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR... MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED. WHILE SNOW
WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK ACROSS THIS
AREA... THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG... POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO
OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE
INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ042-043-049-050-057-150145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR
1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN
RESPONSE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...
WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM NEAR LONG PRAIRIE EAST THROUGH LITTLE
FALLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ044-045-150145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN
RESPONSE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ051-058-059-065-073-150145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN
RESPONSE... SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SOME FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD TO MONTICELLO. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ052-053-WIZ014>016-150145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. IN
RESPONSE... SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SOME FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... PRIMARILY IN
MINNESOTA FROM NEAR CAMBRIDGE TO RUSH CITY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA BY THIS 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.

$$

MNZ060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-150145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A POTENT LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF
25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE
TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

TRH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 142228
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT
FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHILE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL YIELD TO VERY COLD CHILLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...
 
.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BEFORE
MIDNIGHT BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE WIND CHILLS AROUND 40
BELOW ZERO. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN
ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...MORA...
MILACA...AND WILLMAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH
WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY.
VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY MIDNIGHT...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO
AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. WIND
CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE FAIRMONT AND ST. JAMES
ARE WITH WIND CHILLS REACH 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THIS BITE OF WINTER WEATHER WAS
JUST EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES AT 3 PM. IT WILL LIFT RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR BY MIDNIGHT. 


MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-150630-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ALONG BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIND CHILLS WILL
CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO
PLUMMET. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE
INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.


$$

MNZ042-057-150630-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
TODD-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...WILLMAR
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH OR
TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. 

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.


$$

MNZ065-073-150630-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH
WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.



$$

MNZ074-082-091-150630-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0012.081215T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW THIS
EVENING WILL REACH 40 BELOW BY MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE
WILL ALSO BE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THE EVENING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ043-049-050-150630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
 AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ044-045-150630-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ052-053-WIZ014>016-150630-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND
CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

WIZ023>028-150630-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY MAY ALSO BE REDUCED IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING WITH AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ075-083>085-092-093-150630-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0000Z-081215T1800Z/
NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ051-058-059-150630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH OR
TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY 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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ060>063-066>070-076>078-150630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING
428 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR SO OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 150020
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT
FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHILE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL YIELD TO VERY COLD CHILLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW WILL
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE WIND
CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...MORA...
MILACA...AND WILLMAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH
WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY.
VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL
DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL
BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AN INCH OR TWO OF
FLUFFY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP
TO AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE FAIRMONT AND ST. JAMES ARE WITH WIND
CHILLS REACH 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA MONDAY MORNING.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THIS BITE OF WINTER WEATHER WAS
LOCATED NEAR RHINELANDER WISCONSIN AT 6 PM. IT WILL LIFT RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST OVER LAKE SUPERIOR BY MIDNIGHT.

MNZ074-082-091-150830-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL.
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW THIS
EVENING WILL REACH 40 BELOW BY MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE
WILL ALSO BE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
THE EVENING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.


$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-150830-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ALONG BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES UNTIL
AROUND MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIND
CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO
OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE
INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ042-057-150830-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
TODD-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...WILLMAR
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ043>045-049-050-150830-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH
THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
  AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ065-073-150830-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH
WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ060>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ023>028-150830-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL 
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ075-083>085-092-093-150830-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T1800Z/
NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ051>053-058-059-WIZ014>016-150830-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY 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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 150353
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT
FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHILE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL YIELD TO VERY COLD CHILLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW WILL
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE WIND
CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...MORA...
MILACA...AND WILLMAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH
WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY.
VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL
DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. VISIBILITY
WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AN INCH OR TWO
OF FLUFFY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...AND WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.  

WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE FAIRMONT AND ST.
JAMES AREA. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 25 TO 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA INTO MONDAY MORNING AND WIND
CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THIS BITE OF WINTER WEATHER WAS
LOCATED OVER THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AT 9 PM. IT WILL LIFT
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER CANADA BY MONDAY MORNING. 

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-151200-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081215T0600Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS 
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.


$$

MNZ042-057-151200-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081215T0600Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
TODD-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...WILLMAR
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ043>045-049-050-151200-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081215T0600Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH
THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
   AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ074-082-091-151200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ARE
EXPECTED INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING WITH 1 TO
2 INCH ACCUMULATION.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ065-073-151200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH
WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ075-083>085-092-093-151200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T1800Z/
NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ051>053-058-059-WIZ014>016-151200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY 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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ060>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ023>028-151200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
953 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EARLY MONDAY
MORNING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$