Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 111824
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1224 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING...

.A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
FOR MONDAY. THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND INTO MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM ABOUT ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO GAYLORD AND FARIBAULT.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND
THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...LEAVING
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. MORE IMPORTANTLY...VERY STRONG
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA
PASSES JUST TO THE SOUTH THROUGH IOWA LATE MORNING MONDAY...INTO
MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...MAKING FOR DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90.

ACTUAL SNOWFALL WILL BE DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO MONDAY EVENING.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-120230-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T0900Z-090113T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
1224 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY...VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING...AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST
TO THE SOUTH THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...
MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO
EAST TRAVELED ROADS.

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.

$$

MNZ065-073-120230-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T0900Z-090113T0300Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1224 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MORE IMPORTANTLY...VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST
TO THE SOUTH THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...
MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO
EAST TRAVELED ROADS.

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.

$$

MNZ067-074>076-082>085-091>093-120230-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T1200Z-090113T0300Z/
SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1224 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MORE IMPORTANTLY...VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST
TO THE SOUTH THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...
MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO
EAST TRAVELED ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90.

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.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 112130
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
330 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...WINTRY WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY
AND MONDAY EVENING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM
MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MID AFTERNOON ON MONDAY
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT ALEXANDRIA... TO WILLMAR... TO GAYLORD
AND FARIBAULT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME
AREA PRIOR TO THE BLIZZARD WATCH... FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE BLIZZARD WATCH AREA TO THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... FROM
EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND
THEN SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY... LEAVING ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH THE
GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER. MORE
IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST TO THE SOUTH THROUGH IOWA MONDAY
AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 45 MPH IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE WINDS OF 25
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY IN THE BLIZZARD WATCH AREA... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES
TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW
ZERO.

ACTUAL SNOWFALL WILL BE DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INTO MONDAY EVENING WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-120530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T0900Z-090112T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T1800Z-090113T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
330 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE
GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST TO THE SOUTH THROUGH
IOWA MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY... MAKING FOR
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST
TRAVELED ROADS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

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.

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.

$$

MNZ067-074>076-082>085-091>093-120530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090112T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T2100Z-090113T0600Z/
SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
330 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH
THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST TO THE SOUTH THROUGH
IOWA MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY... MAKING FOR
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST
TRAVELED ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES
TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW
ZERO.

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.

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.

$$

MNZ042-049-058-120530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T0900Z-090113T0600Z/
TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD
330 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT.

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST TO THE SOUTH THROUGH IOWA
MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH TO DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MNZ059-060-062-066-068>070-077-078-120530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090113T0600Z/
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...
RED WING
330 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK MONDAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES JUST TO THE SOUTH THROUGH IOWA
MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES
TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW
ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

TRH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 120416
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1016 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...SNOW EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING
WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM
MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MID AFTERNOON ON MONDAY
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT ALEXANDRIA... TO WILLMAR... TO GAYLORD
AND FARIBAULT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA PRIOR TO
THE BLIZZARD WATCH... FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. IN
ADDITION... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING
THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND
THEN MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES... AND THE
GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
MINNESOTA RIVER. MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH
IOWA MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY IN THE BLIZZARD WATCH AREA... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

ACTUAL SNOWFALL WILL BE DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INTO MONDAY EVENING WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-121115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T0900Z-090112T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T1800Z-090113T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1016 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH
THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH
IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

MNZ067-074>076-082>085-091>093-121115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090112T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T2100Z-090113T0600Z/
SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1016 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM
CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
MINNESOTA RIVER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH
IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

MNZ042-049-058-121115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T0900Z-090113T0600Z/
TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD
1016 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA.
EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH TO
DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MNZ059-060-062-066-068>070-077-078-121115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090113T0600Z/
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...
RED WING
1016 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

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

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

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK MONDAY
AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH TO DEVELOP
BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$
TDK

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 121053
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...SNOW EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...WITH STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON....

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE WARNING
AREA IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO
OLIVIA...TO GAYLORD...TO OWATONNA. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY AREAS IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM ABOUT LONG PRAIRIE...TO ST CLOUD...TO THE TWIN CITIES. 

FINALLY...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM
MIDNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
TODAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER PARTS 0F SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED
VISIBILITY AT TIMES. MUCH OF THE FALLING SNOW WILL HAVE ENDED OVER
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY THE TIME THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP...BUT
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CAN STILL BE
EXPECTED. A BAND OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG
THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A FEW
SPOTS MAY PICK UP AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING...WILLMAR...
MORRIS...LITCHFIELD...FARIBAULT...AND PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES.

DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MNZ054-056-064-065-073-121900-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
/O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T1800Z-090113T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.090112T1053Z-090113T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF 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 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

EXPECT SNOW TODAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH
IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40
MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. 

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

MNZ067-074-075-082>085-091>093-121900-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090112T2100Z/
/O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T2100Z-090113T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.090112T1053Z-090113T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/
SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 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 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW SPOTS
PICKING UP 6 INCHES. 

MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH
IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 3O MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING BUT THE STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES AFTER MIDNIGHT TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL
VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW AND BLOWING 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.

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. 


$$

MNZ041-047-048-055-057-121900-
/O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T1800Z-090113T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
BENSON...WILLMAR
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

EXPECT SNOW TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

MORE IMPORTANTLY... VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH
IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40
MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING
FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

STRONG WINDS MONDAY EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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. 


$$

MNZ076-121900-
/O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.090112T2100Z-090113T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090113T0600Z/
LE SUEUR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LE SUEUR
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

EXPECT SNOW TODAY INTO THE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS 
AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND
SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...MAKING FOR
DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

STRONG WINDS CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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.


$$

MNZ042-049-058-121900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/
TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

EXPECT SNOW TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES.

BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF
25 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

CONTINUING BRISK WINDS INTO TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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. 


$$

MNZ059-060-062-066-068>070-077-078-121900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.090112T1200Z-090113T0600Z/
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...
RED WING
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

EXPECT SNOW TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER
THIS AFTERNOON...AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES THROUGH IOWA.
EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS.
THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

CONTINUING STRONG WINDS TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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. 


$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-061-063-WIZ014>016-023>028-121900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.090113T0600Z-090113T1500Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-
WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE...
STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
453 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. 

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW
ZERO. 

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. 


$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST CONCERN NEAR TERM...EXITING LIGHT SNOW TO THE EAST AND
CLOUD COVER. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING RATHER VIGOROUS SHORT
WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS EASTERN AREAS THIS MORNING. BAND OF
LIGHT SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT
23KTS PER DISTANCE SPEED TOOL VIA RADAR. THIS TIMES THE BACK EDGE
TO THE ST CROIX RIVER VALLEY BY 12Z. LIGHT ACCUMS...LESS THAN ONE
INCH. CLOUDS DO BREAK UP SOME BEHIND THIS SNOW AREA...BUT LARGE
AREA OF STRATOCU MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST MN AND NORTH DAKOTA
REGION...SHOULD MOVE INTO THAT REGION AS CAA ENSUES BEHIND TROUGH.
THIS MAY DELAY SOME CLEARING A BIT DURING THE DAY. NEXT SYSTEM
FAST ON ITS HEELS...WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND SNOW BUILDING INTO
FAR WESTERN MN AFTER 06Z TONIGHT. DECENT WAA/ISENTROPIC LIFT
DEVELOPING AHEAD OF TROUGH. WILL MENTION CATEGORICAL SNOW INTO
THAT REGION AFTER 06Z. THIS WORKS INTO CENTRAL MN BY 12Z. STILL A
QUESTION IF IT MAKES IT AL THE WAY TO EC MN OVERNIGHT. WILL
CONTINUE LIKELY POPS THERE. DYNAMIC SYSTEM DIVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS
MN RIVER VALLEY REGION. APPEARS 00Z GFS AND ECMWF CONSISTENT IN
OVERALL PATTERN DEVELOPMENT. ISENTROPIC CHARTS SHOW 2-2.5 G/KG
MIXING RATIOS TO WORK WITH...WITH PERHAPS ABOUT 9 HOURS OF DECENT
SNOW. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE A GENERAL 3-5 INCH ACCUMULATION ACROSS
MOST OF THE CWA DURING THE DAY MONDAY. BLIZZARD POTENTIAL IS
THERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WC-SC CWA AS STRONG SFC PRESSURE
RISE/FALL COUPLET MOVES ACROSS THIS REGION MAINLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. WILL MENTION BLIZZARD WATCH ACROSS WRN MN LATE TONIGHT
AND SPREAD IT INTO SC MN MON-INTO MON EVENING. COULD SEE WIND
GUSTS AROUND 40-45 MPH AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH. FALLING
TEMPERATURES AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST
TO EAST BY EVENING.

WILL SEE COLD MORNING TUESDAY...WITH GFS MOS GUIDANCE NUMBERS
TRIMMED SOME 5 DEGREES...WITH CLEAR SKY...LIGHT WINDS. COULD SEE
SOME MINUS 30S UNDER THE SFC RIDGE. TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE TO REBOUND
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. ANOTHER CLIPPER IS PROGGED TO AFFECT THE
AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH PERHAPS ANOTHER 2-4
INCHES OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH SAME GENERAL AREA.
THIS IS FOLLOWED BY 1050MB HIGH...INTO THURSDAY...WHICH WILL MOST
LIKELY BE THE COLDEST MORNING THUS FAR.

TEMPERATURES MODERATE THEREAFTER AS RIDGING ALOFT DEVELOPS IN THE
LONGER RANGE PER TREND OF THE GFS AND ECMWF.

&&

.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY LOWERED TO IFR TO MVFR FLYING
CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. WEAK SFC TROUGH AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING
OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AT THE CURRENT BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS SHOWED A DRY LAYER FROM THE SFC TO NEAR 10K FEET AGL OVER
THE EASTERN PORTION OF CWA. MAIN UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION AND LIFT
WILL GO TOWARD SATURATING THIS LAYER. BACK EDGE OF SNOW HAD ALREADY
MOVED INTO NORTHWEST AND WESTERN SECTION OF THE MN...AND SHOULD PUSH
THROUGH THE ENTIRE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT...EXCEPT FOR SOME SCATTERED
SNOW FLURRIES OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY MORNING.  WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TO VFR OR CLOUDS ABV 10K FEET
OVER ALL OF TAF SITES BY AFTERNOON.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
     BLUE EARTH-BROWN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-
     NICOLLET-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN.

     BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-
     YELLOW MEDICINE.

     BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
     REDWOOD-RENVILLE.

WI...NONE.
&&

DWE/JPR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1010 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
111615-
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-
1010 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS WEEK WITH A COUPLE
OF LOW PRESSURE AREAS BRINGING SURGES OF FRIGID TEMPERATURES...
AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF WEATHER
SYSTEMS COULD BRING A FEW INCHES OF SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND
CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST OUT OF CANADA TUESDAY NIGHT
OR WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW...BUT
FOLLOWED BY PLUNGING TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...FOR
LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. CHECK BACK FOR LATER DETAILS ON
THE SNOW POTENTIAL FOR MONDAY...AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC AIR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TRH/JPR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1158 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1158 PM     SNOW             CHANHASSEN              44.86N 93.56W
01/10/2009  E0.3 INCH        CARVER             MN   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

CARLYON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1242 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     SNOW             ST CLOUD                45.55N 94.17W
01/11/2009  M0.8 INCH        STEARNS            MN   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

CARLYON