Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2009, 3:15 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 26, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2009, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Donnelly, MN | REPORTS THEIR FIRST INCH |
| Feb 26, 7:59 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Glenwood, MN | SNOW FELL IN ONE HOUR |
| Feb 26, 7:59 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Donnelly, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | 3 W Donnelly, MN | |
| Feb 26, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Glenwood, MN | KMGK RADIO...ABOUT AN INCH AN HOUR |
| Feb 26, 10:23 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | St Stephen, MN | |
| Feb 26, 10:28 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Ese Melby, MN | |
| Feb 26, 10:32 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 S Olivia, MN | |
| Feb 26, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:01 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Lamberton, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:05 AM CST | SNOW 7.7 | 3 W Donnelly, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | St Stephen, MN | 1 INCH OR MORE AN HOUR |
| Feb 26, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Canby, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Sse Benson, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:25 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Springfield, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:28 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Willmar, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:38 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Madison, MN | KLQP RADIO...STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 11:52 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Feb 26, 11:55 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mankato, MN | CORRECTED |
| Feb 26, 11:55 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 N Hutchinson, MN | KDUZ RADIO...STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 11:55 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Mankato, MN | |
| Feb 26, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Feb 26, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 2 | St Cloud, MN | CORRECTED 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Feb 26, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 4 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Feb 26, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mankato, MN | KEYC TV...STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Onamia, MN | |
| Feb 26, 12:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Feb 26, 12:11 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Waseca, MN | THUNDER SNOW |
| Feb 26, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Rockford, MN | ABOUT AN INCH AN HOUR |
| Feb 26, 12:48 PM CST | SNOW 1 | New Market, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:01 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mankato, MN | KEYC TV...STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 1:07 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Gilman, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:07 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Wsw St James, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:10 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Stillwater, MN | JUST STARTED...ABOUT HALF INCH AN HOUR |
| Feb 26, 1:10 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Lakeville, MN | ABOUT AN INCH AN HOUR |
| Feb 26, 1:12 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 9 Sw Starbuck, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Lewisville, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:16 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Faribault, MN | WIND INCREASING HARD TO MEASURE |
| Feb 26, 1:19 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 26, 1:23 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Rush City, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:33 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Olivia, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:40 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Faribault, MN | 2 INCHES IN LAST HOUR |
| Feb 26, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | St Paul, MN | NORTH ST PAUL |
| Feb 26, 1:51 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Carlos, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:53 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Hastings, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:55 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Zumbrota, MN | THUNDER SNOW |
| Feb 26, 1:55 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Mankato, MN | |
| Feb 26, 1:55 PM CST | SNOW 5.4 | New Market, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:04 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 5 Nne Forest Lake, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:04 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | West St Paul, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:04 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Faribault, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:11 PM CST | SNOW 8.6 | 3 W Donnelly, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Clayton, WI | THUNDER SNOW |
| Feb 26, 2:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Stillwater, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.9 | St Paul, MN | 2.9 IN ONE HOUR. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. |
| Feb 26, 2:17 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Nw Burnsville, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:19 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Mankato, MN | KEYC TV...STILL SNOW |
| Feb 26, 2:24 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Feb 26, 2:24 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Lakeville, MN | 4 INCHES IN LAST HOUR. STILL SNOW. |
| Feb 26, 2:29 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Prior Lake, MN | THUNDER SNOW. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 252115 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LIKELY ON THURSDAY... .HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING THURSDAY MORNING...AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT A BAND OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OR MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BENSON MINNESOTA...TO CAMBRIDGE AND TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH WISCONSIN. ISOLATED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT THE EXACT LOCATION REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE TRACK OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL CAUSE NOTICEABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THERE ALSO REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM TRUMAN TO MAPLETON TO OWATONNA. TRAVEL LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING...IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AT TIMES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041>043-260515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.090226T1500Z-090227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.090226T1200Z-090227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 315 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAWN ON THURSDAY MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AFTER DAWN AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...TAPERING TO FLURRIES OR ENDING BY LATE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 6 INCHES OR MORE BY THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ MNZ044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-260515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.090226T1200Z-090227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.090226T1200Z-090227T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 315 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY AFTER 7 AM...POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 6 INCHES OR MORE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE ALSO REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM TRUMAN TO MAPLETON TO OWATONNA. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-260515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.090226T1500Z-090227T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.090226T1500Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 315 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON AND INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...TAPERING TO FLURRIES OR ENDING BY LATE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 6 INCHES OR MORE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE ALSO REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM TRUMAN TO MAPLETON TO OWATONNA. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 260356 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 956 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...SNOW RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT... .HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING THURSDAY MORNING... AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW HAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS EVENING WHICH WILL MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER 3 AM. THIS SYSTEM ALREADY HAS STRONG FORCING CHARACTERISTICS AS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN DETECTED IN WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. WITH THIS SYSTEM ALREADY ORGANIZING AND STRENGTHENING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA TOWARD DAYBREAK AND BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE MORNING. AS WITH PREVIOUS FORECASTS...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OR MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BENSON MINNESOTA...TO CAMBRIDGE AND TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH WISCONSIN. ISOLATED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... BUT THE EXACT LOCATION REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE TRACK OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL CAUSE NOTICEABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THERE ALSO REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM TRUMAN TO MAPLETON TO OWATONNA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING...IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AT TIMES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.090226T1200Z-090227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 956 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAWN ON THURSDAY MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AFTER DAWN AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...TAPERING TO FLURRIES OR ENDING BY LATE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 6 INCHES OR MORE BY THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.090226T1500Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 956 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON AND INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...TAPERING TO FLURRIES OR ENDING BY LATE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 6 INCHES OR MORE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE ALSO REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM TRUMAN TO MAPLETON TO OWATONNA. $$ JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 260914 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 314 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN AROUND NOON... .HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL REACH THE EAST CENTRAL INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND NOON. A WIDE AREA OF SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THIS AREA WITH SOME AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN THE NINE INCH RANGE. AMOUNTS MAY BE A BIT LESS THAN 6 INCHES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER WHERE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A MIX. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RANGE AT TIMES WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEEPENS AS ITS LIFTS ACROSS KANSAS INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY...NORTH WINDS WILL REACH THE 20 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE SNOW BEGINS WITH EXPECTED RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ONSET OF INCREASING WINDS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-261715- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.090226T1200Z-090227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 314 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE ALEXANDRIA ...CANBY AND MONTEVIDEO AREAS AND BY MID MORNING AROUND MILACA...BUFFALO AND BLUE EARTH. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ONCE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE DURING THE MORNING CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOOK FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 6 OR MORE INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-261715- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.090226T1500Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 306 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EXPECT ACCUMULATING SNOW TO DEVELOP IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...MORA...AND CAMBRIDGE. IT MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOMETIME AROUND NOON. ONCE SNOW BEGINS ACROSS THE AREA...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. SOME THUNDER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH SNOWFALL RATES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SOME TOTALS UP AROUND 9 INCHES. NEAR THE IOWA BORDER SNOW TOTALS MAY BE A BIT LESS THAN 6 INCHES DUE TO AN EXPECTED MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILTY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING...MAINLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND FARIBAULT. SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 261651 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1051 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO THE TWIN CITIES BY NOON AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING LATE THIS MORNING FROM LITTLE FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM AND ST JAMES ON WESTWARD INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR HAVE AMOUNTED TO NEARLY 6 INCHES IN DONNELLY WITH 3 INCHES IN GLENWOOD. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...BY NOON AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WIDE AREA OF 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...WHERE SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME THUNDER FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD EVENING AND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL BE ENCOUNTERED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW AND WIND ARE IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER KANSAS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REACH NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING AND PASS ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1051 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN END EARLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME THUNDER FROM TIME TO TIME THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING WILL BE AROUND 10 INCHES FROM MADISON AND ALEXANDRIA ON EASTWARD THROUGH HUTCHINSON...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND MANKATO...WITH 5 TO 7 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-270100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1051 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON AND SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. SOME THUNDER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...CONTRIBUTING TO HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW DURING THE EVENING. $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 261834 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1234 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON... .HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING LATE THIS MORNING FROM LITTLE FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM AND ST JAMES ON WESTWARD INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR HAVE AMOUNTED TO NEARLY 6 INCHES IN DONNELLY WITH 3 INCHES IN GLENWOOD. THE HEAVY SNOW HAD SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. A WIDE AREA OF 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME THUNDER FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD EVENING AND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL BE ENCOUNTERED IN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW AND WIND ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KANSAS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REACH NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING AND PASS ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-262200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1234 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN END EARLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME THUNDER FROM TIME TO TIME THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING WILL BE AROUND FOOT FROM MADISON AND ALEXANDRIA ON EASTWARD THROUGH HUTCHINSON...ST CLOUD AND LITTLE FALLS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND MANKATO...WITH 5 TO 7 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-262200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1234 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WAS LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE TWIN CITIES INCLUDING CITIES NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS OVER PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR. SOME THUNDER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...CONTRIBUTING TO HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW DURING THE EVENING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 262047 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 247 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW FOR PARTS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...STILL SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA...MORA AND FARIBAULT AREAS BY 500 PM. ELSEWHERE...THE SNOW HAD DIMINISH A BIT OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES HAD TAPER OFF TO LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WERE CAUSING SOME SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER THE WESTERN MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 900 PM TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY SNOW AND ADVERSE WINTRY WEATHER CONDITIONS WAS LOCATED OVER MISSOURI...WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-270300- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 247 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WIDEN DOWN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 900 PM TONIGHT...FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-270315- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 247 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIDEN DOWN IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BY 400 PM...AND CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE EVENING...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ENDING TONIGHT WILL VARY FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. MOST ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WERE SNOW PACKED AND SNOW COVERED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION OR EITHER POSTPONE THEIR TRAVEL UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 270018 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 618 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...STILL SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL LINGER THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA...HUTCHINSON...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. ELSEWHERE...THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE DIMINISHING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOWEVER...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE NOTABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER THE WESTERN MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 900 PM TONIGHT...AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY SNOW AND ADVERSE WINTRY WEATHER CONDITIONS WAS LOCATED OVER MISSOURI...WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-270300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 618 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 900 PM TONIGHT...FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-270600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 618 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM...AND DIMINISH OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TOWARD 11 PM. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ENDING TONIGHT WILL VARY FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. MOST ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE SNOW PACKED AND SNOW COVERED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION OR EITHER POSTPONE THEIR TRAVEL UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 270255 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 855 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...SNOW STORM THAT BROUGHT LOCALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN... .OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT MAINLY FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS. ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT REMAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-270400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 855 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. ALL OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED WITH REPORTS OF SIX TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE THE SNOWFALL BEGAN AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION OR EITHER POSTPONE THEIR TRAVEL UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-270600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 855 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND COUNTIES SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION OR EITHER POSTPONE THEIR TRAVEL UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. $$ JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 270547 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1147 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...QUICK MOVING SNOW STORM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA... .A STRONG...BUT FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT LOCALLY SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA WITH SNOWFALL ENDING. MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-270700- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1147 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A FEW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...BUT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JLT
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.