Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 300304
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1004 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
AND PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 1 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF
ALEXANDRIA...GRANITE FALLS...LITTLE FALLS...MADISON...MORRIS...ST
CLOUD...AND WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS GENERALLY EXTENDS FROM MORA TO THE FAR
SOUTHWEST TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO REDWOOD FALLS. 

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARNEST ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD LATE
MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
TWIN CITIES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. ACROSS THIS 
AREA...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO BE ONE HALF TO A LITTLE OVER ONE FOOT. STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP GRADIENT
IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. AT PRESENT...THE FORECAST FOR THAT
AREA IS FOR 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. AN ADVISORY OR WARNING WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED ONCE CONFIDENCE INCREASES.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES
FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS
LATEST STORM SYSTEM.


MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-301115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS
1004 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO
7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARNEST ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD LATE
MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
TWIN CITIES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. ACROSS THIS
AREA...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO BE ONE HALF TO A LITTLE OVER ONE FOOT. STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-051-052-059-065>068-073-301115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
REDWOOD FALLS
1004 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT
WITH RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL DURING LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING. WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP
GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY NIGHT. AT
PRESENT...THE FORECAST FOR THAT AREA IS FOR 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. AN
ADVISORY OR WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ONCE CONFIDENCE
INCREASES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 301044
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
544 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 1 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST
OF A GRANITE FALLS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA LINE. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEW ULM...TO THE
SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE LINE.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARNEST ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA MONDAY EVENING. THIS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD MONDAY NIGHT
WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TWIN
CITIES THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. ACROSS THIS AREA...TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE HALF TO A
LITTLE OVER ONE FOOT. AREAS FROM MADISON UP THROUGH LONG PRAIRIE
WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY
TO BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THIS MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. AT PRESENT...THE
FORECAST FOR THAT AREA IS FOR 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. THIS MAY LEAD
TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF
FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY THE
AFTERNOON....MOST AREAS WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER
TO RAIN BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW
PULLS INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES
FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS
LATEST STORM SYSTEM.

MNZ044-045-301845-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0005.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
544 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD LATE MONDAY EVENING AND BE
HEAVY FOR LONG PORTIONS OF THE DAY TUESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY
LIMIT TOTAL SNOW FALL. AT PRESENT...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW LOOKS
LIKELY ACROSS MILLE LACS AND KANABEC COUNTIES DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.

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.



$$

MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-301845-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS
544 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARNEST ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA
THROUGH TUESDAY. ACROSS THIS AREA...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE HALF TO A LITTLE OVER ONE
FOOT. AREAS FROM MADISON UP THROUGH LONG PRAIRIE WILL SEE THE
HEAVIEST SNOWS...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION LIKELY TO BE
BETWEEN 15 AND 20 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY
THE FALLING SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THIS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ051-052-059-065>068-073-301845-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS
544 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.

THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. AT PRESENT...THE FORECAST FOR THAT
AREA IS FOR 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. THIS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING IF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE
PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY THE AFTERNOON....MOST AREAS
WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE CHANGING
BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS INTO NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA.


$$

MNZ053-060>063-069-070-074-075-WIZ014>016-023>028-301845-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-
NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
544 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.

THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. AT PRESENT...THE FORECAST FOR THAT
AREA IS FOR 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. THIS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING IF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE
PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY THE AFTERNOON....MOST AREAS
WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE CHANGING
BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS INTO NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA.


$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 301506
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1006 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

.THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN
DELAYED UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS BEEN DELAYED
BY A DRY EAST LOW LEVEL WIND AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING STORM.
HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
FROM 7 PM TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A GRANITE FALLS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA
LINE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A
NEW ULM...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE LINE.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. ACROSS THIS
AREA...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO BE ONE HALF TO A LITTLE OVER ONE FOOT. AREAS FROM MADISON UP
THROUGH LONG PRAIRIE WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS...WITH STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY TO BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 INCHES. STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA. THIS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN
CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP
GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. AT
PRESENT...THE FORECAST FOR THAT AREA IS FOR 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. THIS
MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING...
ESPECIALLY IF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION
TYPE. BY THE AFTERNOON....MOST AREAS WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL
HAVE CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY
NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES
FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS
LATEST STORM SYSTEM.

MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-302315-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0005.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS
1006 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING SLOWLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY EAST WIND WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF WIDESPREAD
SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA UNTIL THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA
TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY. ACROSS THIS AREA...TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE HALF
TO A LITTLE OVER ONE FOOT. AREAS FROM MADISON UP THROUGH LONG
PRAIRIE WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS...WITH STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATION LIKELY TO BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 INCHES. STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA. THIS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-302315-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
1006 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH
TUESDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MINNESOTA.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD LATE MONDAY EVENING AND BE
HEAVY FOR LONG PORTIONS OF THE DAY TUESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL
FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
...WHICH MAY LIMIT TOTAL SNOW FALL. AT PRESENT...6 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW LOOKS LIKELY ACROSS MILLE LACS AND KANABEC COUNTIES DURING
THE DAY TUESDAY.

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.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023>028-302315-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.090331T0300Z-090401T0000Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1006 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.

THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. AT PRESENT...THE FORECAST FOR
THAT AREA IS FOR 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. THIS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING IF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE
PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY THE AFTERNOON....MOST AREAS
WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE
CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS INTO
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 302042
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
342 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

.THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAINS 
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
TUESDAY. HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
MIDNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THE WINTER STORM WARNING BECOMES EFFECTIVE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR AN AREA NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM
NEAR GRANITE FALLS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA MINNESOTA. 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN
NEW ULM...TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE
WISCONSIN LINE.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AREAS FROM MADISON
TO LONG PRAIRIE MINNESOTA WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...WITH
STORM TOTALS LIKELY NEAR 15 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. THIS MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP
GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. 
PRESENTLY...THE FORECAST CALLS FOR ONE...TO LOCALLY SIX INCHES OF
SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL.
THIS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATER
TONIGHT. BY TUESDAY....MOST AREAS WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE
CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS
THE LOW PULLS INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

DUE TO THE OVERALL NATURE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...AND THE IMPACTS
IT WILL HAVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS...PLEASE
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES
FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS
LATEST STORM SYSTEM.

MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-310600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS
342 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

A DRY EAST WIND HAS DELAYED THE ONSET OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THIS
AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT 
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES
TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. AREAS FROM MADISON TO LONG PRAIRIE MINNESOTA WILL SEE
THE HEAVIEST SNOWS TOTALS WITH AMOUNTS NEAR 15 INCHES. STRONG 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA. THIS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN
CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023>028-310600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.090331T0300Z-090401T0000Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
342 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST OVER NEBRASKA INTO
MINNESOTA. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. PRESENTLY...THE FORECAST
CALLS FOR ONE...TO LOCALLY SIX INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL
OF LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL. THIS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT. BY TUESDAY....MOST
AREAS WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE
CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS INTO
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

SPECIFICALLY...AREAS AROUND OLIVIA TO BUFFALO TO CAMBRIDGE
MINNESOTA WITH HAVE LOCALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS AROUND
NEW ULM TO THE TWIN CITIES WILL HAVE LOCALLY ONE INCH...POSSIBLY
AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES.
FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS DAKOTA AND SCOTT COUNTIES...AND INTO WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THESE AREAS WILL ALSO RECEIVE SOME LIGHT SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
IS ALSO POSSIBLE OUTSIDE THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...ESPECIALLY
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE THE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES MAY
DROP BELOW FREEZING. 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

JLT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 310413
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1113 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

.THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM OVER
WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS
NORTHEAST FROM NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TUESDAY. HEAVIER
SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT AND IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR AN AREA NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM NEAR GRANITE
FALLS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF AN NEW ULM...TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TWIN
CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN LINE.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AREAS FROM MADISON
TO LONG PRAIRIE MINNESOTA WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...WITH
STORM TOTALS LIKELY NEAR 15 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. THIS MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP
GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE.
PRESENTLY...THE FORECAST CALLS FOR ONE...TO LOCALLY SIX INCHES OF
SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL.
THIS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATER
TONIGHT. BY TUESDAY....MOST AREAS WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE
CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT
AS THE LOW PULLS INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

DUE TO THE OVERALL NATURE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...AND THE IMPACTS
IT WILL HAVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS...
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGES FOR UPDATES ON THE EXPECTED TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
FROM THIS LATEST STORM SYSTEM.

MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-311115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS
1113 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

A DRY EAST WIND CONTINUED TO DELAY THE ONSET OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS
THIS AREA. HOWEVER...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY BY TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES TUESDAY
EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AREAS
FROM MADISON TO LONG PRAIRIE MINNESOTA WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS
TOTALS WITH AMOUNTS NEAR 15 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. THIS MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023>028-311115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1113 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST OVER NEBRASKA INTO
MINNESOTA. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN THE TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPE. PRESENTLY...THE FORECAST
CALLS FOR ONE...TO LOCALLY SIX INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL
OF LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL. THIS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT. BY TUESDAY....MOST
AREAS WITHIN THE ADVISORY WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO RAIN BEFORE
CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS INTO
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

SPECIFICALLY...AREAS AROUND OLIVIA TO BUFFALO TO CAMBRIDGE
MINNESOTA WITH HAVE LOCALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS AROUND
NEW ULM TO THE TWIN CITIES WILL HAVE LOCALLY ONE INCH...POSSIBLY
AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES.
FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS DAKOTA AND SCOTT COUNTIES...AND INTO WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THESE AREAS WILL ALSO RECEIVE SOME LIGHT
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. SOME LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE OUTSIDE THE TWIN CITIES METRO
AREA...ESPECIALLY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE THE OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES MAY DROP BELOW FREEZING.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 310910
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
410 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING...

.OVERNIGHT THE HEAVIER SNOWS HAVE REMAINED MAINLY OVER EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THUS STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN EARLIER
EXPECTED. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AROUND ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...LONG
PRAIRIE... AND TOWARD LITTLE FALLS. SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS
STILL POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 30 MPH WILL
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING...MAINLY NEAR THE DAKOTAS
BORDER. THE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MORA...MILACA... FOLEY...AND
LITCHFIELD. A FEW INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE
IN THESE AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN WHERE A MIX OF SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW. A
SLUSHY INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS.

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS WILL TRACK A
BIT FARTHER WEST THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. IT WILL BE JUST WEST OF
THE TWIN CITIES EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE LIFTING ACROSS NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA.


MNZ044-045-050-058-311715-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD
410 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SOME SLEET WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELED.

SNOW AMOUNTS WILL SOMEWHAT LESS THAN EARLIER EXPECTED WITH 3 TO 5
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY EVENING. THE MORNING WILL SEE A
MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SOME RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW.  THIS COMBINATION OF
PRECIPITATION WILL STILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


$$

MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-311715-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
410 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

THE HEAVIER SNOWS HAVE REMANDED IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM NORTH OF LITTLE FALLS THROUGH
ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD AND MORRIS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL ALSO CAUSE AREA OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. NEAR THE DAKOTAS
BORDER THERE MAY BE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

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.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023>028-311715-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
410 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL
CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH
OR SO IS EXPECTED. AMOUNTS MAY BE IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE
FROM REDWOOD FALLS TOWARD CAMBRIDGE AND ISANTI. TEMPERATURES WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING BUT ENOUGH SLUSH COULD ACCUMULATE
TO CAUSE SLICK ROADS. COLDER AIR WILL POUR INTO THE AREA LATE IN
THE DAY TO CHANGE MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION TO LIGHT SNOW. 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 311454
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
954 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUING TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING...

.HEAVY SNOW HAS IMPACTED MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... WITH TOTALS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES
THROUGH 930 AM. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS THUS FAR HAVE GENERALLY BEEN
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO SAINT CLOUD. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON OVER
PORTIONS OF THAT SAME AREA... PARTICULARLY AROUND ALEXANDRIA...
MORRIS... LONG PRAIRIE... AND TOWARD LITTLE FALLS. SIX TO TEN
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING... MAINLY NEAR THE DAKOTAS BORDER. SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE AREA OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL.. A FEW INCHES OF WET
SNOW WITH SOME SLEET WILL OCCUR... WITH MAINLY RAIN FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH
HUTCHINSON AND THE TWIN CITIES TO RICE LAKE. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCATIONS THAT WILL STILL SEE
SOME SNOW AND SLEET INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... INCLUDING THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES.

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR SIOUX FALLS WILL SLOWLY TRACK
NORTHEAST ACROSS MINNESOTA OVER THE UPCOMING TWENTY FOUR HOURS. IT
WILL BE JUST WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE
LIFTING ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

MNZ067-069-070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023>028-311600-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
SIBLEY-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
954 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

RAIN SHOWERS WILL GIVE WAY TO PATCHY DRIZZLE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH AND WEST WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME SLEET
AND WET SNOWFLAKES MIX WITH THE RAIN THROUGH THE REST OF THE
MORNING... ALTHOUGH THOSE LOCATIONS WILL ALSO SEE THE
PRECIPITATION TRANSITION TO RAIN SHOWERS AND PATCHY DRIZZLE BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE DAY...
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO LITTLE FALLS...
WHERE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

$$

MNZ050-312300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOLEY
954 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME
SLEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HEAVY SNOW HAS IMPACTED MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... WITH TOTALS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES
THROUGH 930 AM. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS THUS FAR HAVE GENERALLY BEEN
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO SAINT CLOUD. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON OVER
PORTIONS OF THAT SAME AREA... PARTICULARLY AROUND ALEXANDRIA...
MORRIS... LONG PRAIRIE... AND TOWARD LITTLE FALLS. SIX TO TEN
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING... MAINLY NEAR THE DAKOTAS BORDER. SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE AREA OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL.. SEVERAL INCHES OF WET
SNOW WITH SOME SLEET WILL OCCUR... WITH MAINLY RAIN FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH
HUTCHINSON AND THE TWIN CITIES TO RICE LAKE.

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.

$$

MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-312300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
954 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

HEAVY SNOW HAS IMPACTED MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... WITH TOTALS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES
THROUGH 930 AM. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS THUS FAR HAVE GENERALLY BEEN
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO SAINT CLOUD. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON OVER
PORTIONS OF THAT SAME AREA... PARTICULARLY AROUND ALEXANDRIA...
MORRIS... LONG PRAIRIE... AND TOWARD LITTLE FALLS. SIX TO TEN
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING... MAINLY NEAR THE DAKOTAS BORDER. SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE AREA OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL.. SEVERAL INCHES OF WET
SNOW WITH SOME SLEET WILL OCCUR... WITH MAINLY RAIN FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH
HUTCHINSON AND THE TWIN CITIES TO RICE LAKE.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-058>063-065-066-068-312300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA
954 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET... AND RAIN WILL GIVE WAY TO RAIN
SHOWERS AND PATCHY DRIZZLE IN MOST AREAS BY NOON. HOWEVER... ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR THROUGH SAINT CLOUD TO MORA...
SOME SLEET AND SNOW COULD CONTINUE TO MIX WITH THE PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SLUSHY ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA. FARTHER NORTH... FROM MORRIS AND
ALEXANDRIA TO LITTLE FALLS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST
INTO THE AFTERNOON... AND TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS
EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. TO THE SOUTH OF THE... ONLY A SLUSHY INCH
OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF TO RAIN SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

TRH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 311936
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
236 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTRY WEATHER SLOWLY WINDING DOWN THROUGH THE NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SLOWLY TRACK
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. DRIER AIR SURGED INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM... BRINGING AN END TO MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE
AREA... WITH JUST SOME LINGERING FLURRIES OVER WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PATCHY DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS THE STORM MOVES TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA... MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN
CITIES TO RICE LAKE. A DUSTING TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE AREA OF SNOW ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM SWINGS ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO
EAST... WITH THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL TOTALS EXPECTED NORTH OF
MORRIS... SAINT CLOUD... AND CAMBRIDGE. WITH THE BULK OF THE
HEAVIER SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER... AND ONLY MINOR
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM
WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WHICH WERE SET TO EXPIRE
AT 6 PM HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

MNZ041>043-047>050-054>057-064-312045-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
236 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SLOWLY TRACK
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. DRIER AIR SURGED INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM... BRINGING AN END TO MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE
AREA... WITH JUST SOME LINGERING FLURRIES OVER WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PATCHY DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS THE STORM MOVES TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA... MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN
CITIES TO RICE LAKE. A DUSTING TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE AREA OF SNOW ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM SWINGS ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO
EAST... WITH THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL TOTALS EXPECTED NORTH OF
MORRIS... SAINT CLOUD... AND CAMBRIDGE. WITH THE BULK OF THE
HEAVIER SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER... AND ONLY MINOR
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM
WARNING WHICH WAS SET TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-058>063-065-066-068-312045-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA
236 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SLOWLY TRACK
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. DRIER AIR SURGED INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM... BRINGING AN END TO MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE
AREA... WITH JUST SOME LINGERING FLURRIES OVER WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PATCHY DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS THE STORM MOVES TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA... MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN
CITIES TO RICE LAKE. A DUSTING TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE AREA OF SNOW ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM SWINGS ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO
EAST... WITH THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL TOTALS EXPECTED NORTH OF
MORRIS... SAINT CLOUD... AND CAMBRIDGE. WITH THE BULK OF THE
SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER... AND ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
WHICH WAS SET TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$