Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Apr 4, 2009, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 2009, 3:47 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS43 KMPX 050312
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1012 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009

...SNOW AND WIND TO AFFECT AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY...

.THE BLIZZARD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER STORM WARNING. IT
APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL REMAIN MORE OVER WESTERN OR
NORTHWEST IOWA. HOWEVER...HEAVIER SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH
TO NORTHEAST WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20
TO 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL STILL REACH THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE
NEAR THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING
FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA.

FARTHER NORTH...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH
OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING...INCLUDING REDWOOD
FALLS...MANKATO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...AND WASECA. SNOW AMOUNTS IN
THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE ARE LIKELY...WITH INCREASING NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS. 

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS 
THIS EVENING...AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND BE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE OVER
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE. 

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

MNZ091>093-051115-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090406T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.090405T0312Z-090406T0000Z/
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1012 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OT 6
TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE IOWA BORDER. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG NORTH
TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH
YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.


$$

MNZ073>078-082>085-051115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090406T0000Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA
1012 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009

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

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

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH
CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 2 TO 5
INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 050847
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

...SNOW AND WIND TO CONTINUE AFFECTING SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...

.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA UNTIL NOON TODAY...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A REDWOOD FALLS...TO
NORTHFIELD...TO RED WING LINE. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES LOCATIONS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING FAIRMONT AND ALBERT
LEA...WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WERE SOMEWHAT
LIMITED BY WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT THAT SLOWED DOWN THE TRANSITION
TO SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LAST NIGHT. ALSO...MUCH OF THE SNOW
INITIALLY MELTED DUE TO THE RELATIVELY WARM GROUND CONDITIONS.

REGARDLESS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS STILL EXPECTED TO COMBINE
WITH INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS
MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW IS QUITE WET...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY STILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
BY THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS SNOW IS OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY TODAY.


MNZ091>093-051700-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090406T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090405T1700Z/
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
347 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING...AND COMBINE WITH INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW IS QUITE WET...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY STILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
BY THIS AFTERNOON.

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


$$

MNZ073>078-082>085-051700-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090405T1700Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA
347 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND COMBINE WITH INCREASING NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW IS
QUITE WET...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND SLIGHTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES
MAY STILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.