Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches in 2009
Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard watch at Mar 9, 2009, 3:37 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2009, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2009, 4:28 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 090837 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING TUESDAY... .THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED EAST AND SOUTH TO NOW INCLUDE AREAS FROM ST. JAMES THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO TO AMERY...WISCONSIN. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT PORTION WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL EXPAND EAST INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL PROBABLY BE WEST AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES IN SUCH COMMUNITIES AS WILLMAR...LITTLE FALLS..ST. CLOUD...GLENWOOD ...ALEXANDRIA...MORA AND MILACA. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-091645- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LASTING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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. $$ MNZ051>053-058>061-065>068-073>075-082-WIZ014-091645- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES AREAS FROM ST. JAMES AND NEW ULM THROUGH LITCHFIELD AND MONTICELLO THEN THROUGH CAMBRIDGE TO AMERY...WISCONSIN. AFTER A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TYPES TUESDAY MORNING ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW TOTALS OF AT LEAST 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF VERY LOW VISIBILITY ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-057-091645- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 091638 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1138 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING TUESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...AND EXPAND EAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO...BUT WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEST OF A AMERY WISCONSIN...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ST JAMES LINE...WHERE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS...TO ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO ONAMIA. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-100045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1138 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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>045-049>053-057>061-065>068-073>075-082-WIZ014-100045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1138 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND AMERY WISCONSIN...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESSER...ALTHOUGH STILL SIGNIFICANT...TOWARD AN AMERY WISCONSIN...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...WHERE AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE WILL BE MORE COMMON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 091947 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...AND EXPAND EAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO... AND TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...PERIODS OF HEAVING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A AMERY WISCONSIN... TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ST JAMES LINE...WHERE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS...TO ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO ONAMIA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-057>061-065>068-073>075-082-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND AMERY WISCONSIN...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS...ALTHOUGH STILL SIGNIFICANT...TOWARD A MINNEAPOLIS TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...WHERE AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE WILL BE MORE COMMON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY IN THE AMERY AND BALSAM LAKE AREAS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ062-063-069-070-076>078-083>085-091>093-100400- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T1500Z-090311T1200Z/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. 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. $$ WIZ015-016-023>028-100330- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 092129 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 428 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...AND EXPAND EAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO... AND TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A AMERY WISCONSIN... TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ST JAMES LINE...WHERE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS...TO ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO ONAMIA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-057>061-065>068-073>075-082-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND AMERY WISCONSIN...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS...ALTHOUGH STILL SIGNIFICANT...TOWARD A MINNEAPOLIS TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...WHERE AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE WILL BE MORE COMMON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY IN THE AMERY AND BALSAM LAKE AREAS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ062-063-069-070-076>078-083>085-091>093-100400- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T1500Z-090311T1200Z/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WIZ015-016-023>028-100330- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 8:51 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin and 16 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Faribault and 13 more | 37 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.