Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 30, 2008, 2:17 AM CST for 12 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 16 hr. 60 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
- Dec 30, 2008, 2:17 AM CST (08:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 N Forest Lake, MN | |
| Dec 30, 5:31 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Albany, MN | |
| Dec 30, 6:23 AM CST | SNOW 7.6 | 7 S Hillman, MN | |
| Dec 30, 6:27 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 Nw Rice Lake, WI | 3.5 INCHES IN PAST 2.5 HOURS |
| Dec 30, 6:31 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 2 W Foley, MN | |
| Dec 30, 6:33 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Dec 30, 6:40 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Carlos, MN | |
| Dec 30, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 6 Nw Rice Lake, WI | |
| Dec 30, 7:50 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 30, 7:50 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Hewitt, MN | |
| Dec 30, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Clayton, WI | |
| Dec 30, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Mora, MN | |
| Dec 30, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | St Stephen, MN | |
| Dec 30, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 2 N North Branch, MN | |
| Dec 30, 8:31 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Connorsville, WI | |
| Dec 30, 8:43 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Dec 30, 8:55 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Milaca, MN | |
| Dec 30, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Belgrade, MN | |
| Dec 30, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 5 S Rice, MN | |
| Dec 30, 9:11 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Cumberland, WI | |
| Dec 30, 9:16 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 6 Wnw Rice Lake, WI | |
| Dec 30, 9:16 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 2 S Rice Lake, WI | |
| Dec 30, 9:16 AM CST | SNOW 9.2 | 6 Wnw Rice Lake, WI | |
| Dec 30, 9:18 AM CST | SNOW 10.5 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 30, 9:32 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Gilman, MN | |
| Dec 30, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Andover, MN | |
| Dec 30, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Dec 30, 10:44 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Wyoming, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Milaca, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 13.5 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 5.4 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:41 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Holdingford, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:41 PM CST | SNOW 9 | 3 N St Rosa, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:43 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Clayton, WI | |
| Dec 30, 12:43 PM CST | SNOW 12.7 | 6 Wnw Rice Lake, WI | |
| Dec 30, 12:53 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Menomonie, WI | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING |
| Dec 30, 12:53 PM CST | SNOW 11 | 2 N North Branch, MN | |
| Dec 30, 12:59 PM CST | SNOW 10 | 2 S Rice Lake, WI | |
| Dec 30, 1:22 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Forest Lake, MN | |
| Dec 30, 1:22 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Carlos, MN | |
| Dec 30, 1:46 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Jim Falls, WI | |
| Dec 30, 1:47 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Nnw St Francis, MN | |
| Dec 30, 2:09 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Clayton, WI | |
| Dec 30, 2:09 PM CST | SNOW 10 | 7 Nnw Ogilvie, MN | |
| Dec 30, 2:49 PM CST | SNOW 9.5 | Cambridge, MN | |
| Dec 30, 2:53 PM CST | SNOW 14 | 2 W Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 30, 2:58 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 1 E Osceola, WI | |
| Dec 30, 3:11 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 1 N Andover, MN | |
| Dec 30, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 12 N Bruce, WI | |
| Dec 30, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Osceola, WI | |
| Dec 30, 3:13 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 2 W Foley, MN | |
| Dec 30, 3:16 PM CST | SNOW 14.5 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 30, 3:19 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Waite Park, MN | |
| Dec 30, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 15.7 | 7 S Hillman, MN | 8.1 INCHES OF THIS SINCE 7 AM |
| Dec 30, 3:36 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Isanti, MN | |
| Dec 30, 4:01 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Dec 30, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 10 Sw Cambridge, MN | |
| Dec 30, 4:33 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 1 Ese St Joseph, MN | |
| Dec 30, 4:56 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Jim Falls, WI |
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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 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 300817 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. THE SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH DAKOTA WHICH WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON... THEN INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA... LITTLE FALLS... SAINT CLOUD... CAMBRIDGE... HUDSON... RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH... AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING... AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON... MINNEAPOLIS... AND SAINT PAUL. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 6 INCHES ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE ADVISORY AREA TOWARD INTERSTATE 94. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AM AND NOON. THE SNOW IN MINNESOTA WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE NOON HOUR... BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES PRIOR TO THEN. WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE SNOW THROUGH THE DAY... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED FROM 7 AM TO 2 PM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED... PARTICULARLY IN THE WARNING AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ064-300930- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081230T2100Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANITE FALLS 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY... BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES. HEAVIER SNOW AND MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94.. $$ MNZ041>044-049>051-301630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081230T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.081230T0817Z-081230T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY THE NOON HOUR... BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES PRIOR TO THEN. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ045-052-053-061-063-301630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.081230T1000Z-081230T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.081230T1000Z-081230T2100Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... BLAINE...STILLWATER 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND NOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND THE NOON HOUR... BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES PRIOR TO THEN. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-301630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.081230T1000Z-081231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.081230T1000Z-081231T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SNOW WILL WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE DAY... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 8 AM AND 2 PM. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 2 PM... BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES PRIOR TO THEN. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ047-048-054>059-065-066-301630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081230T2100Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- RENVILLE-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR INTERSTATE 94 AND THE LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY THE NOON HOUR. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ060-062-067>070-301630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.081230T1000Z-081230T2100Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR INTERSTATE 94 AND THE LOWER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND NOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND THE NOON HOUR. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ024-026-301630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.081230T1000Z-081231T0000Z/ PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 217 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR INTERSTATE 94 AND THE LOWER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7 AM AND 1 PM. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND THE NOON HOUR. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TRH
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 301326 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 726 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 10 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. THE SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHICH WILL TRACK INTO EASTERN IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON... THEN INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA... LITTLE FALLS... SAINT CLOUD... CAMBRIDGE... HUDSON... RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH... AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA... WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF UP TO 12 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING... AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON... MINNEAPOLIS... AND SAINT PAUL. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF CLOSE TO 7 INCHES ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE ADVISORY AREA TOWARD INTERSTATE 94. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END BY NOON. THE SNOW IN MINNESOTA WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE NOON HOUR... BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES PRIOR TO THEN. WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE SNOW THROUGH THE DAY... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED PRIOR TO 2 PM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY IN THE WARNING AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ041>045-049>053-061-063-302100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081230T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...STILLWATER 726 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12 INCHES. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 11 AM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-302200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 726 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE DAY... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 2 PM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ047-048-054>060-062-065>070-302100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081230T2100Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE 726 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR INTERSTATE 94... WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO NOON. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ024-026-302200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 726 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 2 PM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TRH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 301635 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR MILACA...TO RUSH CITY...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA... LITTLE FALLS... SAINT CLOUD... CAMBRIDGE... HUDSON... RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH... AND EAU CLAIRE. AS OF 10 AM CST...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES HAD ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING 10.5 INCHES AT RUSH CITY...9 INCHES AT MILACA AND HEWITT...AND 8.5 INCHES NEAR RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. SOUTH OF THE AREA UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS... ST PAUL... MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD... AND HUTCHINSON. A SHARP CUTOFF IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT NORTH TO SOUTH VARIATIONS. THEREFORE...SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM AS LITTLE AS AROUND 2 INCHES ON THE SOUTHERN END INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE ADVISORY AREA TOWARD INTERSTATE 94. THE HEAVY SNOW IN MINNESOTA WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON... BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES PRIOR TO THEN. WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE SNOW THROUGH THE DAY... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED PRIOR TO 2 PM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY IN THE WARNING AREA. THE SNOW IS IN RESPONSE TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHICH WILL TRACK INTO EASTERN IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON... THEN INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ041>045-049>053-061-063-302100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081230T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...STILLWATER 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER THE NOON HOUR. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-310000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE DAY... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 2 PM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ047-048-054>060-062-065>070-302100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081230T2100Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR INTERSTATE 94... WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ024-026-310000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 2 PM. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LS/JPR
000 WWUS43 KMPX 302045 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 245 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW WILL LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD TOTALS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94...ALONG WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 15 INCHES. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA... LITTLE FALLS... SAINT CLOUD... CAMBRIDGE... HUDSON... RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH... AND EAU CLAIRE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW HAS NOW SHIFTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM FOR AREAS INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS... ST PAUL... MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD... AND HUTCHINSON. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF NOTABLY AFTER 6 PM CST...AS THE RESPONSIBLE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ041>045-049>053-061-063-310000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...STILLWATER 245 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... AND TAPER OFF TOWARD THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-310000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 245 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... AND TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ047-048-054>060-062-065>070-310000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE 245 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR INTERSTATE 94... WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... AND TAPER OFF AROUND 6 PM CST. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ024-026-310000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 245 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... AND TAPER OFF AFTER 6 PM CST. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW... SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 302336 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 536 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...SNOWFALL ENDING ACROSS THE AREA... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM. THIS INCLUDES FOR THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...LEADING TO SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WHICH MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES OFFERING WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT IN MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS ONE FOOT TO NEARLY 16 INCHES WERE MEASURED IN A SWATH FROM MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO RUSH CITY...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST TOTAL WAS 15.7 INCHES MEASURED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HILLMAN IN MORRISON COUNTY. TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WERE OBSERVED IN AN AREA IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THIS...INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE...ISANTI...AND OSCEOLA. TOTALS THEN GRADUALLY TAPERED SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-049>053-061-063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-310045- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 536 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...LEADING TO SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WHICH MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES OFFERING WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT IN MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS ONE FOOT TO NEARLY 16 INCHES WERE MEASURED IN A SWATH FROM MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO RUSH CITY...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST TOTAL WAS 15.7 INCHES MEASURED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HILLMAN IN MORRISON COUNTY. TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WERE OBSERVED IN AN AREA IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THIS...INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE...ISANTI...AND OSCEOLA. TOTALS THEN GRADUALLY TAPERED SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. $$ MNZ047-048-054>060-062-065>070-WIZ024-026-310045- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE- PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 536 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...LEADING TO SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WHICH MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES OFFERING WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT IN MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS ONE FOOT TO NEARLY 16 INCHES WERE MEASURED IN A SWATH FROM MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO RUSH CITY...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST TOTAL WAS 15.7 INCHES MEASURED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HILLMAN IN MORRISON COUNTY. TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WERE OBSERVED IN AN AREA IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THIS...INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE...ISANTI...AND OSCEOLA. TOTALS THEN GRADUALLY TAPERED SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.