Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 2, 2009, 4:14 PM CST for 19 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 3, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2009, 4:14 PM CST (22:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2009, 2:35 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 25 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 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 022214 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 414 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS HEADING FOR MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN FOR THE WEEKEND... .HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH... WITH AROUND FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH...FROM CANBY AND REDWOOD FALLS TO NORTHFIELD...RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR TO THE TWIN CITIES... TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR CITIES SUCH AS MONTEVIDEO... HUTCHINSON... ST PETER... RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER... THE SNOW WILL NOT BECOME HEAVY AROUND ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS UNTIL MIDDAY SATURDAY... WITH THE HEAVY SNOW REACHING WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...THEN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THE REAL STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WHEN WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL REACH NORTHFIELD... MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 TO 25 BELOW FOR THAT PART OF MINNESOTA WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS... WHILE THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD HAVE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 5 ABOVE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL BE DUE TO LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE GREAT PLAINS AND HEADING TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION. MNZ041>045-047>053-061-063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-030615- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE... STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 414 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... 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 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH... WITH AROUND FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR TO THE TWIN CITIES... TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER... THE SNOW WILL NOT BECOME HEAVY AROUND ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS UNTIL MIDDAY SATURDAY... WITH THE HEAVY SNOW REACHING WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THE REAL STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WHEN WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL REACH NORTHFIELD... MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 TO 25 BELOW FOR THAT PART OF MINNESOTA WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS... WHILE THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD HAVE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 5 ABOVE BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ057>060-062-030615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL 414 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT... WITH FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES POSSIBLE FROM WILLMAR TO THE TWIN CITIES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE OVER THE NORTH METRO. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR TO THE TWIN CITIES... TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER... THE SNOW WILL NOT BECOME HEAVY AROUND WILLMAR AND THE TWIN CITIES UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THE REAL STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING AROUND WILLMAR...AND IN OUTLYING AREAS OF THE TWIN CITIES UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 TO 25 BELOW FOR THAT PART OF MINNESOTA WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS... WHILE THE TWIN CITIES SHOULD HAVE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ054>056-064>070-073>078-WIZ024-026-028-030615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 414 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM CANBY AND REDWOOD FALLS TO NORTHFIELD... RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. THEREFORE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR CITIES SUCH AS MONTEVIDEO... HUTCHINSON... ST PETER... RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...THEN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THE REAL STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WHEN WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL REACH NORTHFIELD... MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 TO 25 BELOW FOR THAT PART OF MINNESOTA WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS... WHILE THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD HAVE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 5 ABOVE BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET... SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 030234 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 834 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS HEADING FOR MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN FOR THE WEEKEND... .HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE MILLE LACS...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH...FROM CANBY AND REDWOOD FALLS TO NORTHFIELD...RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR... TO MONTICELLO AND MORA. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND CAMBRIDGE TO RICE LAKE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR CITIES SUCH AS MONTEVIDEO... CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE AREA FROM HUTCHINSON AND NEW ULM... TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AROUND ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS DURING THE MORNING ON SATURDAY... WITH THE HEAVY SNOW REACHING THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...THEN IT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THE REAL STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WHEN WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL REACH NORTHFIELD... MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 TO 25 BELOW FOR AREAS WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS... WHILE THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD HAVE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 5 ABOVE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL BE DUE TO LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE GREAT PLAINS AND HEADING TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION. MNZ041>045-047>051-057>059-031130- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0001.090103T1200Z-090104T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 834 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE MILLE LACS... WITH AROUND FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO MONTICELLO AND PRINCETON. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR... TO MONTICELLO TO MORA. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY. BUT THE REAL STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WHEN WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL LITCHFIELD... ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS LATER SATURDAY NIGHT. DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-031130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 834 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO RICE LAKE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FROM CAMBRIDGE TO RICE LAKE. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SATURDAY MORNING...AND INTO WISCONSIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. SOME DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS SHOULD DROP OFF SOMEWHAT LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THEN PICK UP AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073-031130- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T1200Z-090104T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 834 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THEREFORE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE AREA FROM CANBY AND APPLETON... TO REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN IT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THE REAL STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WHEN WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 TO 25 BELOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET... SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ066>070-074>078-WIZ024-026-028-031130- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 834 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THEREFORE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR THE AREA FROM NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON...TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...THEN IT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY ON SATURDAY... AND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW... WILL CAUSE SOME POOR VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WHEN WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL REACH NORTHFIELD... MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 TO 20 BELOW FOR THE HUTCHINSON AND NEW ULM AREAS...WHILE THE TWIN CITIES AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD HAVE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 5 ABOVE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET... SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TDK
000 WWUS43 KMPX 031145 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 545 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND WIND TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... .HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE MILLE LACS...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE PROJECTED FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH...FROM CANBY AND REDWOOD FALLS TO NORTHFIELD...RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR...TO MONTICELLO AND MORA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND CAMBRIDGE ON EAST THROUGH RICE LAKE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR CITIES SUCH AS MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE AREA FROM HUTCHINSON AND NEW ULM...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AND AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EAU CLAIRE AND AUGUSTA AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BUILD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND WORK EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY MORNING. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COUPLED WITH THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THE SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED ARE IN RESPONSE TO AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. MNZ041>045-047>051-057>059-031945- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.090103T1200Z-090104T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 545 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WARNING IS FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR...TO MONTICELLO TO MORA. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE MILLE LACS...WITH AROUND FOUR TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO MONTICELLO AND PRINCETON. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR TO THE AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-031945- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 545 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO RICE LAKE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FROM CAMBRIDGE TO RICE LAKE. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES RESULTING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ066>070-074>078-WIZ024-026-028-031945- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 545 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE ADVISORY IS FOR THE AREA FROM NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON...TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FOR A TIME TONIGHT WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET... SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073-031945- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T1200Z-090104T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 545 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A ADVISORY STRETCHES FROM CANBY AND APPLETON...TO REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN END EARLY THIS EVENING. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR TO THE AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET... SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RAH/MDB
000 WWUS43 KMPX 031634 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1034 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...SNOW AND WIND TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... .SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE MILLE LACS...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. TWO TO SIX INCHES ARE PROJECTED FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH...FROM CANBY AND REDWOOD FALLS TO NORTHFIELD...RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR...TO MONTICELLO AND MORA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND CAMBRIDGE ON EAST THROUGH RICE LAKE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR CITIES SUCH AS MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE AREA FROM HUTCHINSON AND NEW ULM...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY AFTERNOON... AND REACH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AND AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EAU CLAIRE AND AUGUSTA AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BUILD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND WORK EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY MORNING. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COUPLED WITH THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THE SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED ARE IN RESPONSE TO AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. MNZ052-053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-040100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1034 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO RICE LAKE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS... WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FROM CAMBRIDGE TO RICE LAKE. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES RESULTING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IF NECESSARY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ041>045-047>051-057>059-040100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 1034 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WARNING IS FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO WILLMAR...TO MONTICELLO TO MORA. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE MILLE LACS...WITH AROUND TWO TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO MONTICELLO AND PRINCETON. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR TO THE AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IF NECESSARY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ066>070-074>078-WIZ024-026-028-040100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T1800Z-090104T1200Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1034 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE ADVISORY IS FOR THE AREA FROM NEW ULM AND HUTCHINSON...TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FOR A TIME TONIGHT WITH ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE SNOW MAY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET... SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ054>056-064-065-073-040100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1034 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A ADVISORY STRETCHES FROM CANBY AND APPLETON...TO REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN END EARLY THIS EVENING. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR TO THE AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET... SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TRH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 032035 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 235 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...SNOW AND WIND TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON... .SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL ALSO OCCUR THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE MILLE LACS...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE PROJECTED FROM MORRIS AND WILLMAR TO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AND CHIPPEWA FALLS... WITH TWO INCHES OR LESS TO THE SOUTH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM LAC QUI PARLE TO REDWOOD FALLS TO FAIRMONT. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDRIA... LITTLE FALLS... SAINT CLOUD... WILLMAR... MANKATO... THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA... RICE LAKE... AND EAU CLAIRE. ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO LITTLE FALLS... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS... WITH THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. FREEZING DRIZZLE... MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES... WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES... ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH WILL SEE SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 5 PM. THE PRECIPITATION IN THIS ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 6 PM. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94... WITH GREATER CHANCES OF SNOW TO THE NORTH. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVER THIS AREA BY 8 PM. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BUILD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND WORK EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEW FALLEN SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COUPLED WITH THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THE PRECIPITATION AND WIND EXPECTED ARE IN RESPONSE TO AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. MNZ041>045-047>053-057>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-040445- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T2035Z-090104T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 235 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING DRIZZLE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO LITTLE FALLS... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS... WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. FREEZING DRIZZLE... MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES... WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS... ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH WILL SEE SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 5 PM. THE PRECIPITATION IN THIS ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER 6 PM... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-040445- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T2035Z-090104T1200Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 235 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING DRIZZLE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE... MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES... WILL IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES... ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH WILL SEE SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 5 PM. THE PRECIPITATION IN THIS ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 6 PM... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ082-091-040445- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.090103T2035Z-090104T0600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 235 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING DRIZZLE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE... MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES... WILL IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES. THE PRECIPITATION IN THIS ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 6 PM... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ055-056-065>070-075>078-WIZ024-026-028-040445- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/ SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 235 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE... MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES... WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES. THE PRECIPITATION IN THIS ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 6 PM... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ054-064-073-074-040445- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 235 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS... BUT MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES THROUGH 5 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS EVENING... MAINLY NORTH OF LAC QUI PARLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 warning went out at Jan 2, 2:47 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 2:47 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO REVISED HEADLINES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
247 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009
.DISCUSSION...
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. CURRENT MODEL TRENDS WOULD
INDICATE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW JUST NORTH AND EAST OF
THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY EVENING. HAVE OPTED AFTER VIEWING THE LATEST GRIDS FROM OUR
NORTHERN FORECAST OFFICE TO GO WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING. I HAVE
EXPANDED THE AREA TO INCLUDE MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. 6
INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY
SUNDAY MORNING.
INVERTED NEGATIVE TILTED SURFACE TROUGH...IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE
EAST OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL TONIGHT...AND GRAZE FAR
NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF FORECAST AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK
SATURDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL
BE MAINLY SNOW OVER THE CWA. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF MIXTURE OF
FREEZING PRECIPITATION OR SLEET OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MN
BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING SATURDAY. THE LATEST SREF MODEL SHOWED THE RECEIVING 0.01
INCH OF ICE OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WI INTO SE MN BY VALID AROUND
18Z SATURDAY. EXPECT RAPID COOLING FROM THE RELEASE OF LATENT HEAT
IN THE BOUNDARY SHOULD CHANGE THE PRECIP OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE
LATEST 600MB-850MB LAYER FRONTOGENESIS SHOWED THE BEST UPGLIDE
OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MN DURING THE 18Z THRU 06Z TIMEFRAME. 2D
FRONTOGENESIS AND 700 MB OMEGA SHIFTS EAST OVER WISCONSIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY EVENING...SOUTH CENTRAL AND
WESTERN MN IS IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET. SO
EXPECT STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING ALOFT TO BEGIN TO SWEEP FROM
WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING SNOWS OVER THE FAR
EASTERN SECTION OF THE CWA.
MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST...ANOTHER LONGWAVE TROUGH BEGINS TO CARVE OUT
OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. EXPECT LIGHT
SNOW/SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
LONG RANGE OUTLOOK...SHOWED A SLOW PROGRESSION OF THE LONGWAVE
PATTERN WITH LONGWAVE TROUGH ENTRENCHED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF
CONUS...WHILE LONGWAVE HIGH PRES RIDGE AMPLIFY OVER THE WESTERN U.S.
THIS PARTICULAR WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING SEVERAL MORE REINFORCE
BOUTS OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT ALL SITES AS HIGH
PRESSURE DRIFTS AWAY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER WARM
ADVECTION IN THE MID LEVELS WILL CAUSE AT LEAST BKN CIGS OF
060-100 MAINLY MN TAF SITES TROUGH MIDNIGHT. AFTER
MIDNIGHT..INVERTED LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS WITH SFC CENTER DEVELOPING OVER KS AND NEB. THE TROUGH WILL
MOVE SLOWLY INTO MN BY SATURDAY MORNING. MVFR CIGS AND LIGHT SNOW
WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF KRWF...TO KAXN SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A
SLIM CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE KRWF. SNOW SHOULD EXPAND ACROSS
CENTRAL MN BY END OF PERIOD WITH IFR CIGS AND VSBYS KAXN..KSTC.
CURRENT THINKING IS FOR MVFR CIGS VCNTY KMSP WITH VSBYS AS LOW AS SM
BY END OD PERIOD. IFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN SNOW EXPECTED KMSP LATER
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING KEAU THE
END OF THE PERIOD EXCEPT LOWERING TO LOW VFR.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 600
AM FOR ANOKA-BENTON-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-KANABEC-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-TODD-
WASHINGTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY.
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY 600 AM MORNING FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-POLK-RUSK-ST.
CROIX.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 3:48 PM CST, 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 348 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 032200- 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- 348 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE MIDWEST BY SATURDAY EVENING. THUS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OR MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...ST CLOUD...FOREST LAKE OVER TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN BY SUNDAY MORNING. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AS THE SYSTEM PASSES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS NEXT ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:14 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
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.