Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright 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

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 080252
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
852 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AND WEST
OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH COVERS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORA...ST. CLOUD...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH
AND EAST OF A FAIRMONT...TO RED WING...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN
LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT
INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE
TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE
35 SOUTH OF FARIBAULT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...
DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME.

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.

MNZ082>085-091>093-081100-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
852 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST
BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY
BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING
THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...INCLUDING
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF FARIBAULT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-081100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
852 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH
AND EAST OF A FAIRMONT...TO RED WING...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN
LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT
INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DIFFICULT
TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-049>052-057>059-065-066-073-081100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS
852 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW
IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY.

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

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 080953
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATER
TODAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING
AND SPREAD NORTHWARD TO INTERSTATE 94 BY AFTERNOON...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. EARLY THIS MORNING...THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS EXPANDED NORTHWEST TO INCLUDE THE
CITIES OF MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR AND LITTLE FALLS. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AFTER
SUNRISE...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY BY 9 AM.
THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON TODAY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
BY LATE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE
FORECAST BY 6 PM TODAY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO
TO HUTCHINSON...AND NORTHFIELD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED THROUGH 6 PM.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND
EAST OF A ST. JAMES TO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN
CITIES...TO A RICE LAKE WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING
AREA...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA
OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
FARIBAULT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...
DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME.

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.

MNZ082>085-091>093-081800-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
353 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. 
ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT
BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING
WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE
35 SOUTH OF FARIBAULT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-081800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
353 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING...AND EXPAND NORTHWARD TO AROUND INTERSTATE 94 BY
AFTERNOON. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES BY MID-AFTERNOON. 
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT
BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A ST. JAMES TO THE
SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO A RICE LAKE WISCONSIN
LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT
INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS
TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING
TIME.

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.

$$

MNZ043-054>056-064-081800-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/
MORRISON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
353 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
LATE MORNING. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT
WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-049>052-057>059-065-066-073-081800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS
353 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA BY LATE MORNING. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS
NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT
WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY.

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.

$$

JLT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 081803
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1203 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA BEGINNING THIS 
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES METRO
AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE
WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MCLEOD COUNTY. IN
ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL
COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT
REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH
EARLY EVENING.

THE SNOW WILL BE MOST INTENSE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM. THE
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A ST. JAMES TO THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO A RICE LAKE
WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF
EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
AMOUNTS NEAR ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA. ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...
INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
FARIBAULT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...
DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME.

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.

MNZ066-090215-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HUTCHINSON
1203 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT
REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH
EARLY EVENING.

THE SNOW WILL BE MOST INTENSE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM. THE
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A ST. JAMES TO THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO A RICE LAKE
WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 
SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO EIGHT
INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM REDWOOD FALLS EASTWARD
TOWARDS RED WING. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON EVEN AFTER THE SNOWFALL STOPS.

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.

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-090215-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1203 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6
PM THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

THE SNOW WILL BE MOST INTENSE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING
AREAS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ZERO
VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES... INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE
90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF FARIBAULT.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-090215-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1203 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT
REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH
EARLY EVENING.

THE SNOW WILL BE MOST INTENSE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM. THE
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A ST. JAMES TO THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO A RICE LAKE
WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 
SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO EIGHT
INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM REDWOOD FALLS EASTWARD
TOWARDS RED WING. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON EVEN AFTER THE SNOWFALL STOPS.

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.

$$

MNZ043>045-049>052-054>059-064-065-073-090215-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1203 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT
REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH
EARLY EVENING.

THE SNOW WILL BE MOST INTENSE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE
TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THIS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EVEN AFTER THE SNOWFALL 
STOPS.

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

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 082138
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO HAVE INCREASING IMPACTS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...

.THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...HAS BEEN
EXPANDED FURTHER NORTH AND EAST. IT NOW INCLUDES COUNTIES FROM NEW
ULM EASTWARD TO FARIBAULT AND RED WING...AS WELL AS THE INTERSTATE
94 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING EAU CLAIRE. THE
BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE
ISANTI...SHERBURNE...AND WRIGHT COUNTIES. THIS IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TO THE NORTH AND WEST
OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES
ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...MONTEVIDEO...MORA...REDWOOD
FALLS...AND WILLMAR. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...TO NEAR FIVE INCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
AREA WIDE WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE. IN
THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE
ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR ONE FOOT
ARE LIKELY IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING IN THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES AFTER
9 PM TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35
TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATE 94...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY WHEN THE
NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45
MPH. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

IN ADDITION...PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING
WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT
TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

AS OF MID-AFTERNOON...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO TWO AND A HALF 
INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.


MNZ074>078-WIZ024>028-090545-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
338 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE
EVEN MORE WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR ONE FOOT ARE LIKELY IN
THE EAU CLAIRE AREA.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES
AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS
AT 35 TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATE 94...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING WEDNESDAY
WHEN THE NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY
HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ051-052-059-090545-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO
338 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE
AGAIN WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO
A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...INCLUDING IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.

INCREASING WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

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.

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-090545-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
338 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO FIVE INCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...PRIMARILY
AFTER 9 PM. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35
SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35
TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE
SNOWFALL ENDS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ053-060>063-066>070-WIZ014>016-023-090545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
338 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE. IN
THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE
ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING IN THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.

INCREASING WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE
DURATION OF THIS SYSTEM.

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.

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-090545-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD
338 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM 9 PM TONIGHT TO 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. TWO
AND A HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM. THIS WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.

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.


$$

MNZ043>045-049-050-054>058-064-065-073-090545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
338 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF TWO TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES IN
CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY
WILL INCREASE AREA WIDE EVEN MORE SO.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SIX AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...IN PARTICULAR OVER THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.
THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

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

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 090123
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
723 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO HAVE INCREASING IMPACTS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT...TO RED WING...TO CHIPPEWA
FALLS WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...
INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND I 94 ACROSS THE EAU
CLAIRE AND MENOMONIE AREAS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS
EASTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM NEW ULM...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO CAMBRIDGE...INCLUDING THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE
FALLS...MONTEVIDEO...MORA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND WILLMAR. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...TO NEAR SIX INCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
AREA WIDE WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR
ONE FOOT ARE LIKELY IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING
IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES AFTER
9 PM TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT
35 TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATE 94...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY WHEN THE
NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

IN ADDITION...PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING
WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT
TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

AS OF 7 PM...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES
FROM WILLMAR...ACROSS TO THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.

MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-090930-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
723 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO FIVE INCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...PRIMARILY
AFTER 9 PM. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE
35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS AT
35 TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE
SNOWFALL ENDS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-WIZ014>016-023-090930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND
723 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AFTER 9 PM...SNOW INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING IN
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.

INCREASING WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT
THE DURATION OF THIS SYSTEM.

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>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-090930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
723 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM 9 PM TONIGHT TO 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. TWO
AND A HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM. THIS WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.

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

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 090330
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
930 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO HAVE INCREASING IMPACTS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...

.THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN EXPANDED FURTHER NORTH
AND WEST. IT NOW INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM MADISON MINNESOTA...TO
OLIVIA AND OVER INTO OUTLYING AREAS OF CARVER...DAKOTA...AND SCOTT
COUNTIES NEAR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
THE TWIN CITIES...AND INTERSTATE 94 ACROSS THE EAU CLAIRE AND
MENOMONIE AREAS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AROUND AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.
THIS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS ADVISORY
INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...MORA...AND WILLMAR. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AREA WIDE...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR
ONE FOOT ARE LIKELY IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING
IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES AFTER
9 PM TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35
TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATE 94...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY WHEN THE
NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45
MPH. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. THOUGH PERSISTENT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY
AREAS...VERY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL LEAD TO
TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

IN ADDITION...PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING
WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT
TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

AS OF 9 PM...MANY STATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WERE
ALREADY REPORTING VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO WORSEN.

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.

MNZ066>070-091130-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE
930 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING IN
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.

INCREASING WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT
THE DURATION OF THIS SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ054-056-064-065-073-091130-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
930 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 AM. THE
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN
AREAS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-091130-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
930 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIOD OF
VERY HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING INTO THE MORNING....WITH AN ADDITIONAL
FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS
HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023-091130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND
930 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING IN
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.

INCREASING WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT
THE DURATION OF THIS SYSTEM.

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>045-047>050-055-057-058-091130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
930 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW INTENSITY WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH 3 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING. TWO AND A HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED.

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM. THIS WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.

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

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 091028
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY...

...SLOW IMPROVEMENTS DURING THE AFTERNOON...

.THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OR MAINLY 
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO HUTCHINSON...LAKEVILLE AND
CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO OLIVIA TO
REDWOOD FALLS UNTIL 6 PM...BUT WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THIS LINE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...OR MAINLY NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.
THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS ADVISORY
INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...MORA...AND WILLMAR. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...BUT
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

LIGHT SNOW...OCCASIONAL MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MID MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...BUT BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY NOON. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WIND
SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH CONTINUE. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF TO LIGHT...OR OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW BY NOON. CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH
CONTINUE. 

AS THE STORM BEGINS TO WIND DOWN...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES IN FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO
NEARLY A FOOT AROUND RED WING MINNESOTA AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.
AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE
FROM AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE FAR NORTHWEST SUBURBS...TO NEARLY 10
INCHES IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. 

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH NEARLY STEADY
TEMPERATURES FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...TO THE
TEENS AND LOWER 20S IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO PRODUCE WIND
CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...TO 10 BELOW IN
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA THIS MORNING. ACROSS THE
WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS
LIKELY THIS MORNING...BUT IMPROVEMENTS ARE POSSIBLE BY THE
AFTERNOON. 

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.

MNZ066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-091830-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
428 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

LIGHT SNOW...OCCASIONAL MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MID MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...BUT BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY NOON. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WIND
SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH...CONTINUE.

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF TO LIGHT...OR OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW BY NOON. CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH
CONTINUE. 

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ054-056-064-065-073-091830-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
428 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING...BUT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO
WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023-091830-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND
428 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

LIGHT SNOW...OCCASIONAL MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MID MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT
BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY NOON. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH CONTINUE.

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF TO LIGHT...OR OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW BY NOON. CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH
CONTINUE. 

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>045-047>050-055-057-058-091830-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
428 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...BUT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. 

PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD
TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY.

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.

$$

JLT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 091613
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1013 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...BLOWING SNOW BECOMING THE PRIMARY IMPACT WITH GRADUALLY
IMPROVING CONDITIONS...

.THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OR MAINLY SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO 
CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. MUCH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS EASTERN
AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OR MAINLY NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS.
THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTHWEST OF THE WARNINGS...INCLUDING
MORA...ST CLOUD...AND WILLMAR. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 PM THIS
EVENING...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA AND MONTEVIDEO.

WHILE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER TO MAINLY FLURRIES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES TO 50 MPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL EASILY BLOW THE
FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS
OR LESS. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE REPORTED THESE TYPE OF
VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-
AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING.

IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
PERIODIC GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR IS
PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS
OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA...WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE
FORECAST.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 12.4 INCHES
IN STANLEY WISCONSIN. OTHER AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
GENERALLY RANGE FROM NINE TO TWELVE INCHES. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SNOW AMOUNTS RANGE FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST OF NINE INCHES BEING REPORTED IN KIESTER ALONG THE IOWA
BORDER. IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FOUR
TO EIGHT INCHES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 94...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 35
SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. ACROSS THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AT
TIMES. PORTIONS OF THE WARNINGS MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY DEPENDING
ON HOW QUICKLY THE BLOWING SNOW SUBSIDES AND REPORTS FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.


MNZ054-056-064-100000-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.091209T1613Z-091210T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
1013 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SNOWFALL HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM THREE TO FOUR INCHES IN
CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE...AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES. WHILE
ISOLATED POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN
AREAS...WIDESPREAD IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
AND RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

MUCH COLDER AIR IS PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST
WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS
WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TODAY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-055-100000-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.091209T1613Z-091210T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...BENSON
1013 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SNOWFALL HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM ONE TO FOUR INCHES. WHILE
ISOLATED POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN
AREAS...WIDESPREAD IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
AND RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

MUCH COLDER AIR IS PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST
WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS
WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TODAY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024>028-100015-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1013 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

WHILE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER TO MAINLY FLURRIES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES TO 50 MPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL EASILY BLOW THE
FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS
OR LESS. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE REPORTED THESE TYPE OF
VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-
AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING.

IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
PERIODIC GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR IS
PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS. ACROSS THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE
FORECAST.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 12.4 INCHES
IN STANLEY WISCONSIN. OTHER AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
GENERALLY RANGE FROM NINE TO TWELVE INCHES. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SNOW AMOUNTS RANGE FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST OF NINE INCHES BEING REPORTED IN KIESTER ALONG THE IOWA
BORDER..

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND
94...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ065-073-100000-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1013 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

WHILE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER TO MAINLY FLURRIES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES TO 40 MPH IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...WILL EASILY BLOW
THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED
YARDS OR LESS. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE REPORTED THESE
TYPE OF VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR IS
PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS
OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AT THREE TO
FIVE INCHES ACROSS RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTIES.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS
PORTION OF THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY DEPENDING ON HOW
QUICKLY THE BLOWING SNOW SUBSIDES AND REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023-100015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND
1013 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

WHILE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER TO MAINLY FLURRIES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES TO NEAR 40 MPH...WILL EASILY BLOW THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW
AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
OPEN COUNTRY.

IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR IS
PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS
OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE AREA.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE RANGED FROM NINE TO TWELVE 
INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT AT TIMES INTO THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PORTIONS OF THE WARNINGS
MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE BLOWING SNOW
SUBSIDES AND REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

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.

$$

MNZ043>045-049-050-057-058-100000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
1013 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

WHILE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER TO MAINLY FLURRIES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES TO 50 MPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL EASILY BLOW THE
FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS
OR LESS. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE REPORTED THESE TYPE OF
VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-
AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING.

IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
PERIODIC GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR IS
PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS
OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA...WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE
FORECAST.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 12.4 INCHES
IN STANLEY WISCONSIN. OTHER AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
GENERALLY RANGE FROM NINE TO TWELVE INCHES. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SNOW AMOUNTS RANGE FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST OF NINE INCHES BEING REPORTED IN KIESTER ALONG THE IOWA
BORDER. IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FOUR
TO EIGHT INCHES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.

DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS OF THE ADVISORY.
PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY DEPENDING ON HOW
QUICKLY THE BLOWING SNOW SUBSIDES AND REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.

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

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 092142
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...BLOWING SNOW REMAINS A TRAVEL HAZARD THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS 
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

...LOW WIND CHILLS FLOOD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

.THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN
EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES ALBERT
LEA...MANKATO...OWATONNA...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY IS ALSO NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS ADVISORY COVERS AN AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF
A LITTLE FALLS TO FAR WESTERN TWIN CITIES TO FARIBAULT LINE.

NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO FAVOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED IN RURAL OPEN
AREAS...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AT
TIMES. SUCH VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA MUCH OF TODAY.

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THUS THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON THE
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA AND 13.1 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.
OTHER AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE GENERALLY RANGED
FROM EIGHT AND A HALF TO THIRTEEN INCHES. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SNOW AMOUNTS SEEN WERE SIX TO TEN INCHES. IN THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES WERE
REPORTED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.

THIS FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SHOULD SERVE AS A
REMINDER TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER
AND THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER
SAFETY KIT.

MNZ082>085-091>093-100545-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.091209T2142Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.091210T0000Z-091210T1600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO FAVOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED IN RURAL OPEN
AREAS...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AT
TIMES. SUCH VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED MUCH OF TODAY ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON THE
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY THE
MIDDLE OF THIS EVENING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE RANGED FROM SIX TO TEN INCHES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ066>069-074>077-100545-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.091210T0000Z-091210T1600Z/
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON 
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA. OTHER AMOUNTS FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA RANGE
FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ065-073-100545-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.091210T0000Z-091210T1600Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON 
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA. AMOUNTS ACROSS REDWOOD AND RENVILLE
COUNTIES RANGED FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-092245-
/O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
DAKOTA-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
AREA. THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PATCHY AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN RURAL AND OPEN LANDSCAPES.
PLUNGING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO ALLOW WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 10 TO
20 BELOW ZERO.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA AND 13.1 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.
OTHER AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN RANGED FROM EIGHT AND
A HALF TO THIRTEEN INCHES.


$$

MNZ059-100545-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.091210T0000Z-091210T1600Z/
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTICELLO
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS WRIGHT
COUNTY. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON 
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT WERE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR FOUR
INCHES IN WRIGHT COUNTY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ051>053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-092245-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
AREA. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PATCHY
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN RURAL AND OPEN LANDSCAPES.
PLUNGING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO ALLOW WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 10 TO
20 BELOW ZERO.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA AND 13.1 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.
OTHER AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN RANGED FROM EIGHT AND
A HALF TO THIRTEEN INCHES. IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOWFALL TOTALS
RANGED FROM ONE TO FOUR INCHES.

$$

MNZ043-049-057-058-100545-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.091210T0000Z-091210T1600Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON 
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA. AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA RANGED
FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ044-045-050-092245-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
AREA. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PATCHY
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN RURAL AND OPEN LANDSCAPES.
PLUNGING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO ALLOW WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 15 TO
20 BELOW ZERO.

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-100545-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091210T1600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THURSDAY. 

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA ON NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 
BELOW ZERO.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$