Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches in 2008
Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 12, 2008, 4:09 AM CST for 16 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 5:08 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 4:09 AM CST (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 5:08 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 4:36 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 121009 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 409 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEKEND AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR WILL BE SENT NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN HELPING PRECIPITATION DEVELOP. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS DURING THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. OF GREATER CONCERN IS THE CHANGE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO SNOW AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGES ACROSS THE AREA. BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS WILL MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY PERIODS OF SNOW. VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST SPEEDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW FALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO PERHAPS 6 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER JUST TO THE EAST OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE LOWER AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO ITS EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ047-054>056-064-121815- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 409 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-121815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 409 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO BUFFALO TO MILACA TO MORA WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS TOWARDS ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MDB
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 121814 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1214 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS STORM WILL OCCUR ON SUNDAY...AS SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES COMBINE WITH BLUSTERY WINDS. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WHEN THE WINTRY MIX IS OCCURRING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY WORSEN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS...SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH THE RESULTANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DAYBREAK SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR A PORTION OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER JUST TO THE EAST OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE LOWER AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A MORA...TO BUFFALO...TO OLIVIA LINE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM IS OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM HE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND. MNZ047-054>056-064-130215- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1214 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-130215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 1214 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO...TO MILACA...TO MORA. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TOWARD ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ LS
000 WWUS43 KMPX 130414 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1014 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MOST OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS WEEKEND... .A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE IN THE NORTH BY LATE SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE MAINLY ON SUNDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES...COMBINED WITH BLUSTERY WINDS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN THIS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WHEN THE WINTRY MIX IS OCCURRING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY WORSEN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS...SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH THE RESULTANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DAYBREAK SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR A PORTION OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY... AND DAWSON AREAS...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER JUST TO THE EAST OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE LOWER AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A MORA...TO BUFFALO...TO OLIVIA LINE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM IS OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM HE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND. MNZ047-054>056-064-131215- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1014 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-131215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 1014 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO...TO MILACA...TO MORA. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TOWARD ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...AND MORA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ BAP
000 WWUS43 KMPX 131108 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.. .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM MORRIS ON SOUTH THROUGH CANBY AND GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED SLIGHTLY AND NOW STRETCHES FROM ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS ON EAST AND NORTHEAST TO CAMBRIDGE AND MORA. A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND REACH NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREAS. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO THE RESULTANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. READINGS SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS...BUT FALL BELOW ZERO BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES BY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE NEAR 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILL READINGS NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WHEN THE WINTRY MIX IS OCCURRING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY WORSEN ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ052-053-131915- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 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. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ073-131915- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-131915- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE 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 SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 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 AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...AND DAWSON AREAS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041>045-048>051-057>059-065-131915- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA 508 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH LITTLE FALLS TO MORA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OLIVIA...GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD AND ST CLOUD AREAS. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ RAH/MTF
000 WWUS43 KMPX 132236 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AND 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 3O 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. MNZ047-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/ STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORRIS 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 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 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 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. SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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. $$ MNZ054>056-064-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOWFALL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AS WELL AS CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>043-048-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...GLENWOOD 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. 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 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. $$ MNZ044-045-049>053-057>059-065-073-140645- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.081214T1200Z-081215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 436 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...CHANGING TO SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED TOWARD ST CLOUD...CAMBRIDGE...AND FOLEY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 12, 3:41 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:41 AM CST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
341 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008
.DISCUSSION...
...A HIGH IMPACT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND...
BUSY FORECAST PERIOD AHEAD WITH WARM ADVECTION AND LOW SNOW CHANCES
COMING UP TODAY WITH A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IN THE WORKS FOR THE
REGION BEGINNING SATURDAY AND WINDING DOWN MONDAY. THE FORECAST AREA
IS EXPECTED TO AVOID THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AMOUNT WISE
WITH THAT REMAINING ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN AND INTO
THE U.P. OF MICHIGAN. HOWEVER...A MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE
AHEAD OF THE LOW LATER SATURDAY AND TURN TO SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AS A
BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES WITH 25 TO 35+ MPH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS
POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AREAS. WEST CENT MN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MN WILL SEE THE MOST SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE CWA /WITH MUCH
MORE SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA/ BY MONDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON THUS FAR WILL BE FOUND INTO
TUESDAY. MORE DETAILS FOLLOW BELOW.
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS VERY AMPLIFIED PATTERN OVER
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA WHERE LONGWAVE TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE IN TWO
STREAMS. THE NORTHERN STREAM STEMS FROM A MULTI-SPOKED UPPER LOW
OVER HUDSON BAY AND IS PROVIDING CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW OVERHEAD
OF THE LOCAL AREA. THE SOUTHERN STREAM WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD HAS A WELL ORGANIZED CLOSED LOW WORKING
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE APPALACHIANS WITH A DEEP COASTAL LOW
DEVELOPING IN ASSOCIATION WITH IT. LOOKING IN A BIT MORE DETAIL...A
SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES APPEAR IN THE LOCAL AREA WITH ONE SUCH
WAVE EXITING TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AND
ANOTHER MORE SHEARED WAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS ALBERTA TOWARDS
THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THE WESTERN U.S. IS SEEING A TROUGH DROP
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST BUT THE TROUGH THAT IS OF
GREATER INTEREST IS JUST OFF THE CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST.
THIS TROUGH WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE UPCOMING WINTER
STORM.
TODAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT TO THE EAST TODAY ALLOWING WINDS TO
SHIFT TO THE SOUTH. CLIPPER TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA WILL DROP
SOUTHEASTWARD HELPING TO TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AS WELL AS
ESTABLISH WARM ADVECTION OVER THE AREA. SHOULD SEE A NICE RECOVERY
OF TEMPS FROM THEIR CURRENT SUB-ZERO VALUES INTO THE UPPER 20S IN
THE WEST AND MID/UPPER TEENS EAST. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH THIRD OR SO OF THE AREA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER WAVE PASSES AND BEST MID LEVEL TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT LINES UP WITH SUFFICIENTLY DEEP MOISTURE. SOUTH WINDS WILL
KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING MUCH IF AT ALL TONIGHT...WITH A RISE
EVEN POSSIBLE TOWARDS DAYBREAK SATURDAY. LIGHT SNOW CHANCES WILL
LINGER IN THE NORTHEAST CWA.
SATURDAY-MONDAY...MODELS ARE STILL IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
REGARD TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LOW REACHING THE PAC NORTHWEST LATER
TONIGHT. ITS ASSOCIATED SFC LOW COMES ASHORE OVER WASHINGTON STATE
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SFC LOW ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK CLIPPER
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TO BE DROPPING ACROSS ALBERTA THIS MORNING
REACHES THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER. THE SFC PATTERN BECOMES RATHER
COMPLEX ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS AS
LOW-MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE TIGHTENS AS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD
OF THE WEST COAST UPPER TROUGH SENDS WARM AIR NORTH AND THE CLIPPER
SENDS COLD AIR SOUTH WITH 80-90KT UPPER JET DEVELOPING ABOVE. THE
ADVANCING TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED HEIGHT FALLS SPAWN STRONG SFC
CYCLOGENESIS OVER MONTANA AND WYOMING TONIGHT WITH DEVELOPING WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY/INVERTED TROUGH SETTING UP FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST FROM WESTERN SODAK INTO NORTHWESTERN MN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AS THE SFC LOW SETTLES INTO NE COLORADO. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. TIGHTENS PROVIDING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
INTO THE LOCAL AREA. LOW/MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WILL BE STRONGEST
OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS EVENING WITH H85
TEMPS HOVERING AROUND 0C DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. MID LEVEL DRY AIR
IS ABUNDANT THOUGH WEAK ASCENT REMAINS SO PRECIPITATION CHANCES
SATURDAY DON/T LOOK ALL THAT HIGH UNTIL AFTERNOON WHEN A MID LEVEL
TROUGH SPEEDS NORTHEASTWARD BRINGING ENHANCED WARM ADVECTION AND
SLIGHTLY DEEPER MOISTURE. THE STRONGER PORTION OF THE WAVE WILL BE
ACROSS IOWA AND INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
BETTER FORCING WILL WORK IN SATURDAY EVENING/NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN
AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. PRECIP TYPE WILL BE THE MAIN
CHALLENGE ALONG WITH SFC TEMPS. NAM AND GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE
DIFFERENT IN THE DETAILS...AND IT IS STILL A BIT FAR OUT TO COUNT ON
SPECIFICS FROM THEM BUT THEY SHOULD PROVIDE A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW
P-TYPE WILL PAN OUT. TOP DOWN ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT SNOW AND
SLEET WOULD BE THE DOMINANT P-TYPES ACROSS THE NORTH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH SOUNDINGS ONLY WARM ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT PARTIAL MELTING. SFC TEMPS SHOULD HOVER AROUND FREEZING
DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT SOUNDINGS SHOW AIR COLD ENOUGH ABOVE THE
SFC TO ALLOW RE-FREEZING. PROFILES WARM SATURDAY NIGHT AS PRECIP
CHANCES EXPAND WITH RAIN BECOMING MORE LIKELY TO MIX IN ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENT WI. FZRA WILL BECOME A CONCERN ACROSS
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENT MN TOWARDS LATE EVENING/EARLY
OVERNIGHT WITH SFC TEMPS CONTINUING TO HOVER AROUND FREEZING. SFC
TEMPS MAY EVEN RISE OVERNIGHT. SOUNDINGS IN THESE AREAS LOOK MORE
CONDUCIVE FOR RAIN OR SNOW. ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF
THE CWA WESTERN AREAS WILL SEE COLD AIR DROP BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY
ALLOWING A QUICK TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW.
THE SFC LOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING WITH
THE INVERTED TROUGH POSITIONED OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND SHIFTING
EAST AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. COLD AIR WILL RAPIDLY MOVE IN FROM
THE NORTH AND WEST CHANGING PRECIP OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO
EAST THROUGH THE DAY. VERY WARM AIR RIDES UP AHEAD OF THE LOW INTO
FAR EAST CENT MN AND WEST CENT WI SO A PERIOD OF STRAIGHT RAIN IS
POSSIBLE THERE. MODELS STILL SHOW DEEP LAYER MOISTURE DECREASING
ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF THE AREA WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE. THIS WILL
LIMIT PRECIP AMOUNTS IN THE WARM AIR AND TO AN EXTENT ACROSS THE
WESTERN CWA IN THE COLD AIR VS. AREAS TO THE NORTH. HANDLING OF THE
UPPER TROUGH VARIES BY MODEL WITH THE POSITION OF THE SFC LOW NOW
VARYING BY SUNDAY EVENING. ALL OF THIS CREATES COMPLICATIONS WITH
POSITION OF ANY DRY SLOT AND LOCATION OF BETTER BANDING OF SNOW.
STILL EXPECT THAT PRIMARY BANDING WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA
BUT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL ACROSS NORTHWEST
PORTIONS OF THE CWA FROM CANBY TOWARDS ST. CLOUD. WINDS WILL
INCREASE MARKEDLY FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST. 25
TO 35 MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH EXPECTED. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
WATCH REASONING...DECIDED TO ISSUE A BLIZZARD WATCH FOR THE WESTERN
TIER OF COUNTIES OR FROM STEVENS TO YELLOW MEDICINE FROM 12Z SUNDAY
TO 12Z MONDAY. MAIN CONCERN HERE IS THE WIND. SNOW AMOUNTS LOOK TO
RANGE FROM 2 TO PERHAPS 6 INCHES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES WITH THE MOST
NORTH BUT WITH OPEN COUNTRY AND 35 MPH WINDS WITH FALLING SNOW VIS
DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING LOOKS LIKELY. ALSO
DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AREAS EAST OF THE BLIZZARD
WATCH OR NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO BUFFALO
TO MILACA TO MORA FROM 12Z SUNDAY TO 12Z MONDAY. WINDS ARE AGAIN THE
MAIN CONCERN BUT SHOULD BE OF LOWER SPEEDS THAN IN THE BLIZZARD
WATCH AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS AGAIN LOOK TO BE FROM 2 TO 5 OR MAYBE 6
INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WATCH
AREA BUT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING IS EXPECTED. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY OF
THE DRY SLOT AND SOME POSSIBLE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE TRACK DUE TO
VARIATIONS IN THE HANDLING OF THE UPPER LOW WHICH HAS YET TO COME
ONSHORE WHICH MAY RESULT IN THIS WATCH BEING A BIT TOO FAR SOUTH.
OTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR IS MIXED PRECIP SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS
POINT FEEL THAT AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...BUT COULD REACH ADVISORY
LEVELS. NOT ENOUGH CERTAINTY RELATIVE TO THE SNOW/WIND SUNDAY TO
CARRY THE WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. TRAVEL SUNDAY LOOKS TO
BECOME VERY TREACHEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREAS
WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
SNOW WILL WRAP UP SUNDAY NIGHT BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG
THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE ARRIVES MONDAY NIGHT. VERY COLD
AIR WILL BE IN PLACE STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT AS H85 TEMPS FALL TO
COLDER THAN -20C. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL WORK INTO THE WESTERN U.S.
BRINGING A RETURN OF WARM ADVECTION TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
PRECIPITATION WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATING TEMPERATURES.
THANKS TO WFOS FSD/ABR/FGF/DLH FOR THE COORDINATION THIS MORNING
REGARDING THE WINTER STORM. ..MDB/JVM..
&&
.AVIATION... /06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
LAST VESTIGES OF MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MN AT THIS
TIME. BAND OF -SHSN EXITING TO THE SOUTHEAST AS DRY ARCTIC AIR
FILTERS OVER THE REGION. SFC RDG OVER WESTERN MN WILL MOVE TO THE
EAST OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE CLEARING TREND OVER MOST OF
EASTERN FA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. WESTERN TAF SITES
WILL SEE INCREASE IN MID LEVEL AND POSSIBLE SOME LOWER STRATOCUMULUS
MOVE BACK IN OVERNIGHT AS BANDED CLOUD LAYER OVER THE EASTERN
DAKOTAS CONTINUES TO RIDE EAST IN LOW LEVEL WAA PATTERN. ALSO WEAK
VORT MAX INDICATED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
AT 04Z WILL ALSO ENHANCE CLOUDS. -SHSN/--SN MOVING ALONG WITH THIS
NOSES INTO FAR WESTERN MN AND WILL MENTION SOME MVFR CIGS/-SN AT
KAXN/KRWF BEFORE 12Z FRI. THIS CLOUD BAND WORKS EAST AND WITH
CONTINUED --SN THREAT. MODELS INDICATING MORE CONCENTRATED AREA OF
ISENTROPIC LIFT/Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE AND LOW LEVEL WAA DEVELOPING
OVER THE FAR NORTHERN CWA INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TREND
OF VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA FRIDAY...AS THIS ACTIVITY
PASSES TO THE NORTHEAST. LATER FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW
INTENSIFIES...AND QUESTION REMAINS IF STRATUS DEVELOPS LATER DURING
THE NIGHT AHEAD OF NEXT DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. LIGHT NW/N FLOW
WILL TURN MORE SLY AS UPPER RIDGE PASSES TO THE EAST OF THE AREA
LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR BENTON-DOUGLAS-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-
MORRISON-POPE-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-TODD-WRIGHT.
WI...NONE.
&&
MDB/JVM/DWEHazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 5:25 PM CST, 10 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 525 PM CST THU DEC 11 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 121200- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 525 PM CST THU DEC 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES. PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COULD SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT...AND A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY. MAINLY SNOW WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT ALL OF THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW BY SUNDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS IN THESE AREAS BY LATE SUNDAY DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:09 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.