Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 22, 2009, 12:23 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 23, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 58 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2009, 12:23 PM CST (18:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2009, 4:20 AM CST
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Wsw St James, MN | FELL IN ABOUT HOUR. |
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Dec 23, 7:21 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | AMOUNT WAS IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES. |
| Dec 23, 7:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 23, 7:42 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Northfield, MN | SNOWING MODERATELY WITH ABOUT 1 INCH AN HOUR. |
| Dec 23, 8:26 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Wsw St James, MN | 3.5 INCHES. SNOW LETTING UP A BIT. |
| Dec 23, 8:26 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 23, 8:26 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Wsw St James, MN | SNOW LETTING UP A BIT. |
| Dec 23, 8:33 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Dec 23, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Dec 23, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Dec 23, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | St Paul, MN | HIGHLAND PARK AREA |
| Dec 23, 9:02 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 4 Nne Menomonie, WI | |
| Dec 23, 9:02 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 4 E St Paul, MN | |
| Dec 23, 9:02 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ham Lake, MN | |
| Dec 23, 9:02 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Faribault, MN | KDHL RADIO |
| Dec 23, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Sacred Heart, MN | |
| Dec 23, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | New Market, MN | |
| Dec 23, 10:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Richfield, MN | |
| Dec 23, 10:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Ese Chaska, MN | |
| Dec 23, 10:52 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Clayton, WI | |
| Dec 23, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:02 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:03 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Haugen, WI | |
| Dec 23, 11:03 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Circle Pines, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:03 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:05 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Rockford, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| Dec 23, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Dec 23, 11:42 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 Wsw New Brighton, MN | |
| Dec 23, 11:59 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | St Paul, MN | COMO PARK AREA |
| Dec 24, 12:01 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 12 N Bruce, WI | |
| Dec 24, 12:01 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Dec 24, 12:27 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Eau Claire, WI | OCCURRED IN OTTER CREEK COURT. |
| Dec 24, 12:40 AM CST | SNOW 2 | St Cloud, MN | REPORTED AT THE PRISON. |
| Dec 24, 12:40 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Rush City, MN | |
| Dec 24, 12:49 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 3 Nw Minneapolis, MN | |
| Dec 24, 1:08 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 7 S Hillman, MN | |
| Dec 24, 1:08 AM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Richfield, MN | |
| Dec 24, 1:08 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Maple Grove, MN | |
| Dec 24, 1:18 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ssw White Bear Lake, MN | |
| Dec 24, 1:34 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Burnsville, MN | MEASURED BY LEAD FORECASTER. |
| Dec 24, 2:16 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Zumbrota, MN | SPOTTER REPORTED PRECIPITATION COMPOSED OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SOMETIMES SLEET. |
| Dec 24, 2:42 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE. |
| Dec 24, 4:15 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Forest Lake, MN | |
| Dec 24, 4:41 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Dec 24, 4:41 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Faribault, MN | |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Menomonie, WI | 0.38 LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Annandale, MN | |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Minnetonka, MN | |
| Dec 24, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Eau Claire, WI | WQOW TV. LARGE PORTION OF PRECIPITATION WAS RAIN. |
| Dec 24, 5:53 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Annandale, MN | |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 N Kimball, MN | |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Minneapolis, MN | MSP AIRPORT |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 3 Ene Montgomery, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 221823 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED... THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS... ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAIN SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR... THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM AND ITS EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT... WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW... WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE SEVERAL BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT... SO THERE MAY BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. THE PRECISE TIMING OF EACH WAVE OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.... AND LIGHTER PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING ANY LULLS. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED... BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ082>085-091>093-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM... THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH TOTALS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT IN A FEW SPOTS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ049-051>053-055>063-066-068-069-WIZ014>016-023-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.... PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS.... WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-073>077-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.... PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS.... WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047-048-050-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.... PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS.... WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ 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 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM... THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH TOTALS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT IN A FEW SPOTS. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TRH
15 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 230216 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS FOR TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR...THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM AND ITS EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT...WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE SEVERAL BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...SO THERE MAY BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. THE PRECISE TIMING OF EACH WAVE OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN....AND LIGHTER PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING ANY LULLS. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ082>085-091>093-231030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH TOTALS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT IN A FEW SPOTS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ049-051>053-055>063-066-068-069-WIZ014>016-023-231030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-073>077-231030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047-048-050-231030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-231030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ DAKOTA-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH TOTALS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT IN A FEW SPOTS. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 231026 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING... .A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH THURSDAY AND CHRISTMAS WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS FORECAST. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT...WITH 20 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME LOCATIONS BECOMING MORE LIKELY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ESPECIALLY WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL HAPPEN WHERE THIS OCCURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEGINS AT 6 PM TONIGHT...IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AT 9 PM TONIGHT...AND THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. FIRST...FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING HAS AND WILL CREATE SLICK ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA...INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...FAIRMONT...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS...AND INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH NOON TODAY. THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON TO IOWA BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH CHRISTMAS. THIS IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM...WITH EXPECTED PERIODIC BOUTS OF HEAVIER SNOW AT TIMES...AND OCCASIONAL MIXES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE PERIODS OF LIGHTER PRECIPITATION...POTENTIALLY THURSDAY MORNING...BUT NEARLY CONTINUOUS ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM ONSET THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THIS 48 TO 60 HOURS OF SNOWFALL IN MANY PLACES WILL LEAD TO THE EXTREME SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SATURDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO KEEP BLOWING SNOW RESTRICTED TO ONLY THE OPEN RURAL AREAS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS EVENT. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE EVENT...FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAIRLY STEADY IN THE 20S THROUGH THE WINTER STORM...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS NEAR THE END. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THE EVENT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES AND BEGINS...FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ049-051>053-055>063-066-068-069-WIZ014>016-023-231830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0300Z-091226T1200Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047-048-050-231830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-231830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0300Z-091226T1200Z/ 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 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES. * ICING...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IF AND WHEN THE SNOW TRANSITIONS TO FREEZING RAIN...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * SURFACE VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-074-231830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.091223T1026Z-091223T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE SLICK EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE SO THROUGH AT LEAST NOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ082-083-091>093-231830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.091223T1026Z-091223T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE SLICK EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE SO THROUGH AT LEAST NOON...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ084-085-231830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 18 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ065-067-075>077-231830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 231747 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING TONIGHT... .A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH THURSDAY AND CHRISTMAS WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS FORECAST. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT...WITH 20 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ESPECIALLY WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL HAPPEN WHERE THIS OCCURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEGINS AT 6 PM TONIGHT...IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AT 9 PM TONIGHT...AND THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON TO IOWA BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THIS IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM...WITH EXPECTED PERIODIC BOUTS OF HEAVIER SNOW AT TIMES...AND OCCASIONAL MIXES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE PERIODS OF LIGHTER PRECIPITATION...POTENTIALLY THURSDAY MORNING...BUT NEARLY CONTINUOUS ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM ONSET THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THIS 48 TO 60 HOURS OF SNOWFALL IN MANY PLACES WILL LEAD TO THE EXTREME SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SATURDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO KEEP BLOWING SNOW RESTRICTED TO ONLY THE OPEN RURAL AREAS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS EVENT. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE EVENT...FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAIRLY STEADY IN THE 20S THROUGH THE WINTER STORM...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS NEAR THE END. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THE EVENT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES AND BEGINS...FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ054-064-073-074-240300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091223T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ082-083-091>093-240300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091223T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ084-085-240300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 18 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ049-051>053-055>063-066-068-069-WIZ014>016-023-240300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0300Z-091226T1200Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047-048-050-240300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ065-067-075>077-240300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-240300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0300Z-091226T1200Z/ DAKOTA-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES. * ICING...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IF AND WHEN THE SNOW TRANSITIONS TO FREEZING RAIN...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * SURFACE VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW... MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TRH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 240024 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING TONIGHT... .A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...HAS BEGUN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND A FEW LOCATIONS COULD PICK OF A QUICK 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH SOMEWHAT LESSER AMOUNTS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH THURSDAY AND CHRISTMAS WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS FORECAST. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT...WITH 20 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ESPECIALLY WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL HAPPEN WHERE THIS OCCURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT...AND WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING...TO IOWA BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THIS IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM...WITH EXPECTED PERIODIC BOUTS OF HEAVIER SNOW AT TIMES... AND OCCASIONAL MIXES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE PERIODS OF LIGHTER PRECIPITATION...POTENTIALLY THURSDAY MORNING...BUT NEARLY CONTINUOUS ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM ONSET THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THIS 48 TO 60 HOURS OF SNOWFALL IN MANY PLACES WILL LEAD TO THE EXTREME SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SATURDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO KEEP BLOWING SNOW RESTRICTED TO ONLY THE OPEN RURAL AREAS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS EVENT. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE EVENT...FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ082>085-091>093-240830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ049-051>053-055>063-066-068-069-WIZ014>016-023-240830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0300Z-091226T1200Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY BY 9 PM. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047-048-050-240830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-073>077-240830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-240830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0300Z-091226T1200Z/ 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 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * ICING...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IF AND WHEN THE SNOW TRANSITIONS TO FREEZING RAIN...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * SURFACE VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW... MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 240658 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1258 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES... .A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOWFALL WILL LIGHTEN SLIGHTLY FOR A PERIOD OVERNIGHT...BUT RE- INTENSIFY AGAIN BY MID DAY THURSDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...MAINLY FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE NEXT BATCH OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THE NOON HOUR ON THURSDAY...AND BLOSSOM ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BETWEEN 2 AND 5 PM CST. AFTER THE HEAVIER SNOW BEGINS ON THURSDAY...IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL HAPPEN WHERE THIS OCCURS. EXTREME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST WITH THIS ANOMALOUS AND LONG DURATION STORM SYSTEM. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT...WITH 20 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME LOCATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...TO IOWA BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO KEEP BLOWING SNOW RESTRICTED TO ONLY THE OPEN RURAL AREAS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS EVENT. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE EVENT...FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-066-068-069-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023-241500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1258 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL LIGHTEN SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY...AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-070-073>078-WIZ024>028-241500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1258 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 241255 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 655 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES... .A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS LIGHT THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...DO NOT BE DECEIVED INTO THINKING THE STORM IS DONE AS HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING PRODUCED SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED OR ESTIMATED IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT LIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BUT LIKELY BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER 2 TO 5 PM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY EARLY EVENING. BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE...NAMELY IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AS THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES ARE LIKELY TO PERIODICALLY APPROACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT SNOW SHOULD BE THE MAIN TYPE OF PRECIPITATION. THE SNOW WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL BE VERY HIGH DUE TO THE LONG LASTING NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 16 TO 22 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER THE AREA IN FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES ARE PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. WIZ015-016-023>028-242100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 655 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND LIKELY MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A BRIEF MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING MAY MAY OCCUR TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE HIGHLY LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-242100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 655 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A BRIEF MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING MAY MAY OCCUR TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...AND LIKELY TO BE WITHIN THE 16 TO 22 INCH RANGE IN MANY COMMUNITIES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 242048 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 248 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES... .A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS FAIRLY LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON... DO NOT BE DECEIVED INTO THINKING THE STORM IS DONE AS HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING PRODUCED SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES WERE REPORTED OR ESTIMATED IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY EARLY EVENING ACROSS MUCH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PERIODS OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND EVEN JUST RAIN WILL BE FOUND ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. AS THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES ARE LIKELY TO PERIODICALLY APPROACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. THE AREAS THAT ARE SEEING MIXED PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS...INCLUDING THE AMOUNTS FROM LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL BE VERY HIGH DUE TO THE LONG LASTING NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 16 TO 22 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES TOWARDS THE LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER THE AREA IN FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 22 INCHES ARE PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. WIZ015-016-023>028-250500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 248 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON WITH A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN FROM DURAND TO LADYSMITH AND POINTS EAST...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TO THESE WEST OF THESE AREAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE AREA OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE HIGHLY LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LADYSMITH TO EAU CLAIRE LINE...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE TOWARDS THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-250500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 248 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS AREAS FROM ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO RED WING AND POINTS EAST WHERE A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND EXPAND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE AREAS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... AND LIKELY TO BE WITHIN THE 16 TO 22 INCH RANGE IN MANY COMMUNITIES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MDB/BAP
000 WWUS43 KMPX 250236 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 836 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES... ...SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TONIGHT. BANDS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED TO FORM ACROSS IOWA AND MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE WARMER AIR ALOFT HAS CAUSED THE CHANGEOVER. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AS THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT AS THIS WAVE OF PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO OUR REGION. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF A MORA TO RED WING TO ALBERT LEA LINE BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIKELY APPROACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS...INCLUDING THE AMOUNTS FROM LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL BE VERY HIGH DUE TO THE LONG LASTING NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 16 TO 22 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES TOWARDS THE LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH AMOUNTS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A FOOT IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO FEET ARE PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. WIZ015-016-023>028-251045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 836 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SNOW AT TIMES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP CHRISTMAS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES ON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO LOCALLY 15 INCHES...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE TOWARDS THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-251045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 836 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS AREAS FROM ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO RED WING AND POINTS EAST WHERE A MIX OF RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... AND LIKELY TO BE WITHIN THE 16 TO 22 INCH RANGE IN MANY COMMUNITIES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ JLT
000 WWUS43 KMPX 250826 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 226 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES... ...A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL EXPAND FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON CHRISTMAS MORNING... .THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING. MAINLY SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS PRIOR TO DAYBREAK WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY AS FAR WEST AS THE ST CLOUD...HUTCHINSON...TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...AND FAIRMONT AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIMITED SOMEWHAT DUE TO THE PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL STILL BE HIGH. BY SATURDAY MORNING...THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES TOWARDS THE ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. WIZ014>016-023>028-251630- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 226 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN INTENSITY ON CHRISTMAS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE 4 TO 9 INCH RANGE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-251630- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 226 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO ELEVEN INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. BY SATURDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD...WILL STILL LIKELY EXCEED DOUBLE DIGIT AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-251630- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 226 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...BY SATURDAY MORNING...DOUBLE DIGIT STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE LIKELY...WITH AMOUNTS IN THE 9 TO 15 INCH RANGE IN MANY COMMUNITIES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 251305 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 705 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY ACROSS A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING. THIS MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS FAR WEST AS THE CAMBRIDGE...TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...AND FAIRMONT AREAS. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD SEE MAINLY SNOW TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A RICE LAKE...TO LAKEVILLE...TO OWATONNA LINE. EAST AND SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING THE LADYSMITH...EAU CLAIRE...AND RED WING AREAS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 9 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. BY SATURDAY MORNING...THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES. AMOUNTS WILL BE LESSER TOWARD THE ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS...WHERE STORM TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 8 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTH NORTHWESTERLY TODAY AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. MNZ078-WIZ016-024>028-252115- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.091225T1305Z-091226T0600Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 705 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIP...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 8 INCH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-068>070-076-077-084-085-093-WIZ014-015-023- 252115- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 705 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>051-057>059-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-252115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 705 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 16 INCHES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-252115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 705 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO NINE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 251650 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING. THIS MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS FAR WEST AS THE CAMBRIDGE... TWIN CITIES...AND MANKATO AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A RICE LAKE...TO LAKEVILLE...TO WASECA LINE. THE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...FARIBAULT AND FARMINGTON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE WARNING AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. BY SATURDAY MORNING...THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES. AMOUNTS WILL BE LESSER TOWARD THE ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS...WHERE STORM TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 8 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTH NORTHWESTERLY TODAY AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. MNZ070-077-085-093-WIZ023-260100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE AREA...AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN INTENSITY AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-068-069-076-084-WIZ014-015-260100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- LE SUEUR-WASECA-POLK-BARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR... WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON 1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>051-057>059-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-260100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 16 INCHES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-260100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ016-024>028-260100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 8 INCH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 252107 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS DOWNGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR TONIGHT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A VERY MESSY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WHERE WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO WILLMAR TO REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MORA...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM...MANKATO...AND FAIRMONT. ONE TO THREE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MIX WITH LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH ALBERT LEA THEN INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO JUST LIGHT SNOW. ANOTHER INCH OR SO COULD ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE SNOW BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 18 INCH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE IN THE SIX TO TWELVE INCH RANGE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. CONTINUED PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES VERY SLOWLY ACROSS IOWA. MNZ043>045-049>051-057>059-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-260515- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.091225T2107Z-091226T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 10 TO 18 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ052-260515- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.091225T2107Z-091226T1200Z/ ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CAMBRIDGE 307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 12 TO 15 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-068-069-076-084-WIZ014-015-252215- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR- WASECA-POLK-BARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...WASECA... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON 307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH LIGHT RAIN AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT. $$ MNZ070-077-078-085-093-WIZ016-023>028-252215- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH LIGHT RAIN AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT. $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-073-260515- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS 307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 17 INCHES. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ BAP
000 WWUS43 KMPX 260108 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 708 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR TONIGHT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORA...CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD... WILLMAR...NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT. SNOW CONTINUED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TONIGHT...BUT HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW HAD MOVED INTO THE EASTERN DAKOTAS. MAINLY LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WARM AIR HAD SPREAD IN FROM THE EAST. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THIS EVENING WITH THE LIGHT RAIN MIXING WITH AND THEN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION FORECAST ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE MORA...CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD... WILLMAR...NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT AREAS. ELSEWHERE...PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL MIX WITH LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO JUST LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER INCH OR SO COULD ACCUMULATE IN THESE AREAS. THERE WILL BE CONTINUED PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN IOWA. THIS FEATURE WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-073-260915- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS 708 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>052-057>059-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-260915- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 708 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 260548 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1148 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORA...CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD... WILLMAR...NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT. SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM STAPLES TO ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS. BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORA...CAMBRIDGE... LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT AREAS. THERE WILL BE CONTINUED PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN IOWA. THIS FEATURE WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-073-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS 1148 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>052-057>059-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1148 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
000 WWUS43 KMPX 261020 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 420 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM LOSING ITS GRIP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS REMAINS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE UNSHELTERED AND RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-261800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.091226T1020Z-091226T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 420 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS CAUSING DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ042-073-261130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ TODD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...REDWOOD FALLS 420 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL REMAIN AN INCH OR LESS. $$ MNZ043>045-049>052-057>059-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-261130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 420 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ANY ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 22, 12:02 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 12:02 PM CST, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1202 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
.DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN FORECAST CONCENTRATION IS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR A WHOPPER
OF A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
IN THE MEANTIME...THE FOCUS IS ON THE AREA OF SNOW OVER
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN MN ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE
SD/NE/IA REGION. WEAK UPGLIDE ON THE 270K- 285K SURFACE LINGERS
OVER SOUTHERN MN TODAY AS THE WAVE PASSES TO THE SOUTH...SO
ANTICIPATE FLURRIES AND/OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO BE A REALITY
GENERALLY ALONG/SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS INDICATE LOSS OF SATURATION IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE
/AROUND -10C/ AFTER 15Z...SO COULD SEE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE AS
WELL.
NOW...ON TO THE MAIN FOCUS. 10Z WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS FEATURE
WILL PLUNGE SOUTH ACROSS THE WEST COAST TODAY...CROSS THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION TONIGHT...AND EJECT NORTHEAST TO THE PLAINS
REGION ON WEDNESDAY. SINCE THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN HIGHLY
ADVERTISED...WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE TRENDS/CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN ITEM OF NOTE...WAS THE WESTWARD SHIFT
THAT 00Z DETERMINISTIC MODELS MADE. A 50-100 MILE WEST/NORTHWEST
SHIFT WAS NOTED IN THE DPROG/DT OF THE NAM/GFS SFC LOW LAST
NIGHT...WITH 00Z RUNS BRINGING IT INTO SERN MN BY 12Z FRIDAY. THIS
WOULD DRAW WARMER AIR INTO THE SERN PORTION OF THE CWA...WHICH
WOULD LIKELY MEAN FREEZING/MIXED PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST PART
OF THE EVENT. ADDITIONALLY...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE FURTHER
REDUCED IF THE DRY SLOT WORKS INTO SRN/ERN MN AND WRN WI.
THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THIS SYSTEM WILL DUMP DOUBLE DIGIT
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO /IF NOT IN/ THE AREA...AS A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF FRONTOGENESIS COMBINES WIT A PLENTIFUL FETCH OF
MOISTURE. THERE COULD ALSO BE MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM
SOUTH/EAST CENTRAL MN INTO WEST CENTRAL WI. WINTER STORM WATCH
THEREFORE LOOKS GOOD...AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO NARROW SOME OF
THE DETAILS TODAY AS THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN BECOMES CLEARER. 21Z SREF
PLUME DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATED THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT SNOWFALL WITH
THIS SYSTEM...PER MEAN/MAX SNOW PRECIP VALUES OF 1.18/1.54 INCHES
FOR MVE /MONTEVIDEO/. THEY ALSO INDICATED THE POTENTIAL FOR
SLEET/FZRA BETWEEN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY EVENING AT MVE AND
MSP. HAVE INCLUDED MIXED PRECIP FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY FROM SOUTH/EAST CENTRAL MN INTO WEST CENTRAL WI.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
FLYING CONDITIONS LOWERING AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE
WESTERN U.S. DURING THE PERIOD. EASTERLY AIRFLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE TAF SITES WITH LOW LEVELS MOISTENING AHEAD OF PRECIP BAND
DEVELOPS LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WEATHER
CONDS LOWERING TO MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE
MN. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL KEEP THE FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM REACHING
OR MOVING INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ANOKA-BENTON-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-
DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-
LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-
SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT-YELLOW
MEDICINE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-MARTIN-STEELE-
WASECA-WATONWAN.
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-
POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.
&&
LS/MTFHazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 5:06 AM CST, 7 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 506 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 231115- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 506 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHING FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIODR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER A VERY LARGE AREA...INCLUDING SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...MAINLY FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 22, 9:52 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
952 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM SNOW 3 ENE MONTGOMERY 44.46N 93.52W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0630 AM SNOW 1 E OWATONNA 44.09N 93.20W
12/22/2009 M2.8 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 W PRIOR LAKE 44.73N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSE ROSEVILLE 45.00N 93.14W
12/22/2009 M0.3 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW WSW LONG LAKE 44.99N 93.57W
12/22/2009 M0.7 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL 45.03N 93.01W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0705 AM SNOW 6 SSW LAKEVILLE 44.60N 93.29W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0730 AM SNOW 1 NNW COON RAPIDS 45.19N 93.32W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH ANOKA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0930 AM SNOW 3 NW ST PAUL 44.98N 93.15W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
COMO PARK
&&
CARLYONLocal storm report, Dec 22, 10:41 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1041 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW CHANHASSEN 44.86N 93.56W
12/22/2009 M0.6 INCH CARVER MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW EAU CLAIRE 44.82N 91.49W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW MINNEAPOLIS 44.96N 93.27W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH HENNEPIN MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0700 AM SNOW 3 N KIMBALL 45.36N 94.30W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH STEARNS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW LAMBERTON 44.23N 95.26W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 S LESTER PRAIRIE 44.85N 94.04W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSW LONSDALE 44.46N 93.44W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M2.3 INCH BLUE EARTH MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 ESE MILROY 44.41N 95.54W
12/22/2009 M1.3 INCH REDWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW MONTEVIDEO 44.94N 95.73W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MORGAN 44.42N 94.92W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MORRIS 45.59N 95.91W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH STEVENS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH STEELE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL 45.03N 93.01W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW ROBERTS 44.99N 92.55W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH ST. CROIX WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW DURAND 44.63N 91.96W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH PEPIN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 3 N MENOMONIE 44.93N 91.91W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH DUNN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BALDWIN 44.96N 92.37W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH ST. CROIX WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW AUGUSTA 44.68N 91.12W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ZUMBROTA 44.29N 92.67W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WINNEBAGO 43.77N 94.17W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WILLMAR 45.12N 95.05W
12/22/2009 M1.9 INCH KANDIYOHI MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WELLS 43.74N 93.73W
12/22/2009 M3.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
12/22/2009 M3.1 INCH WASECA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WACONIA 44.85N 93.79W
12/22/2009 M0.6 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW STILLWATER 45.06N 92.82W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH WASHINGTON MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW SPRINGFIELD 44.24N 94.98W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH BROWN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW REDWOOD FALLS 44.54N 95.11W
12/22/2009 M1.6 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW RED WING 44.58N 92.60W
12/22/2009 M0.5 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
L/D 3
0700 AM SNOW 2 WNW PRIOR LAKE 44.74N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 3 SE ALBERT LEA 43.62N 93.32W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH FREEBORN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BLUE EARTH 43.64N 94.10W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 4 N BOYD 44.91N 95.90W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH LAC QUI PARLE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW BROWNTON 44.73N 94.35W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NE BUFFALO 45.20N 93.84W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH WRIGHT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 WNW PRIOR LAKE 44.74N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NW CHASKA 44.84N 93.63W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH CARVER MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
12/22/2009 M4.0 INCH MARTIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW HAMBURG 44.73N 93.96W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW HASTINGS 44.73N 92.85W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SE HENDERSON 44.52N 93.89W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH LE SUEUR MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 W HUTCHINSON 44.89N 94.40W
12/22/2009 M1.2 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSW JORDAN 44.66N 93.64W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH SCOTT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
CARLYONLocal storm report, Dec 22, 10:44 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1044 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 5 NW ST PAUL 45.00N 93.18W
12/22/2009 M0.3 INCH RAMSEY MN CO-OP OBSERVER
U OF M
&&
CARLYONLocal storm report, Dec 22, 10:52 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1052 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM SNOW 3 NW ST PAUL 44.98N 93.15W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
COMO PARK
0835 AM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW 1 ENE MILROY 44.42N 95.54W
12/22/2009 M1.3 INCH REDWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW 1 SSW LONSDALE 44.46N 93.44W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW DURAND 44.63N 91.96W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH PEPIN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW BROWNTON 44.73N 94.35W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH BLUE EARTH MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0800 AM SNOW WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
12/22/2009 M3.1 INCH WASECA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW HAMBURG 44.73N 93.96W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW BLUE EARTH 43.64N 94.10W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW ALBERT LEA 43.66N 93.37W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH FREEBORN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW NORTHFIELD 44.45N 93.17W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW WINNEBAGO 43.77N 94.17W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0730 AM SNOW 1 NNW COON RAPIDS 45.19N 93.32W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH ANOKA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0705 AM SNOW 6 SSW LAKEVILLE 44.60N 93.29W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW DURAND 44.63N 91.96W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH PEPIN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 3 N MENOMONIE 44.93N 91.91W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH DUNN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BALDWIN 44.96N 92.37W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH ST. CROIX WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW AUGUSTA 44.68N 91.12W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ZUMBROTA 44.29N 92.67W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WINNEBAGO 43.77N 94.17W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WILLMAR 45.12N 95.05W
12/22/2009 M1.9 INCH KANDIYOHI MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WELLS 43.74N 93.73W
12/22/2009 M3.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
12/22/2009 M3.1 INCH WASECA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WACONIA 44.85N 93.79W
12/22/2009 M0.6 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW STILLWATER 45.06N 92.82W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH WASHINGTON MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW REDWOOD FALLS 44.54N 95.11W
12/22/2009 M1.6 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW SPRINGFIELD 44.24N 94.98W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH BROWN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 5 NW ST PAUL 45.00N 93.18W
12/22/2009 M0.3 INCH RAMSEY MN CO-OP OBSERVER
U OF M
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSW JORDAN 44.66N 93.64W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH SCOTT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 W HUTCHINSON 44.89N 94.40W
12/22/2009 M1.2 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SE HENDERSON 44.52N 93.89W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH LE SUEUR MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW HASTINGS 44.73N 92.85W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW HAMBURG 44.73N 93.96W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
12/22/2009 M4.0 INCH MARTIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NW CHASKA 44.84N 93.63W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH CARVER MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 WNW PRIOR LAKE 44.74N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NE BUFFALO 45.20N 93.84W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH WRIGHT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MONTEVIDEO 44.95N 95.72W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NW CHASKA 44.84N 93.63W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH CARVER MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 W PRIOR LAKE 44.73N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DEPTH 6 INCHES
0700 AM SNOW FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
12/22/2009 M4.0 INCH MARTIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ZUMBROTA 44.29N 92.67W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW HUTCHINSON 44.89N 94.37W
12/22/2009 M1.2 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M3.8 INCH BLUE EARTH MN CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL
0700 AM SNOW WACONIA 44.85N 93.79W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH CARVER MN NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL
0700 AM SNOW MORGAN 44.42N 94.92W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BROWNTON 44.73N 94.35W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 4 N BOYD 44.91N 95.90W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH LAC QUI PARLE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW BLUE EARTH 43.64N 94.10W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 3 SE ALBERT LEA 43.62N 93.32W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH FREEBORN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 W PRIOR LAKE 44.73N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSE ROSEVILLE 45.00N 93.14W
12/22/2009 M0.3 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW WSW LONG LAKE 44.99N 93.57W
12/22/2009 M0.7 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL 45.03N 93.01W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 WNW PRIOR LAKE 44.74N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW RED WING 44.58N 92.60W
12/22/2009 M0.5 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
L/D 3
0700 AM SNOW 3 N KIMBALL 45.36N 94.30W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH STEARNS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW LAMBERTON 44.23N 95.26W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 S LESTER PRAIRIE 44.85N 94.04W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSW LONSDALE 44.46N 93.44W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M2.3 INCH BLUE EARTH MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 ESE MILROY 44.41N 95.54W
12/22/2009 M1.3 INCH REDWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW MONTEVIDEO 44.94N 95.73W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MORGAN 44.42N 94.92W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MORRIS 45.59N 95.91W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH STEVENS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH STEELE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL 45.03N 93.01W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW ROBERTS 44.99N 92.55W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH ST. CROIX WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0659 AM SNOW ELLENDALE 43.87N 93.30W
12/22/2009 M4.3 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL
0653 AM SNOW REDWOOD FALLS 44.54N 95.11W
12/22/2009 M1.6 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0653 AM SNOW HASTINGS 44.73N 92.85W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH DAKOTA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0653 AM SNOW RED WING 44.58N 92.60W
12/22/2009 M0.5 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0630 AM SNOW 1 E OWATONNA 44.09N 93.20W
12/22/2009 M2.8 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0623 AM SNOW FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
12/22/2009 M3.8 INCH MARTIN MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0619 AM SNOW RICHFIELD 44.88N 93.28W
12/22/2009 M0.4 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0615 AM SNOW SACRED HEART 44.78N 95.35W
12/22/2009 E2.2 INCH RENVILLE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW MINNEAPOLIS 44.96N 93.27W
12/22/2009 M0.5 INCH HENNEPIN MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW CHANHASSEN 44.86N 93.56W
12/22/2009 M0.6 INCH CARVER MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW RICHFIELD 44.88N 93.28W
12/22/2009 M0.4 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW EAU CLAIRE 44.82N 91.49W
12/22/2009 M0.0 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW EAGLE LAKE 44.16N 93.88W
12/22/2009 M5.0 INCH BLUE EARTH MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0600 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH BLUE EARTH MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0530 AM SNOW 3 ENE MONTGOMERY 44.46N 93.52W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0528 AM SNOW WINTHROP 44.54N 94.36W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH SIBLEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CARLYONLocal storm report, Dec 22, 10:52 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1052 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM SNOW 3 NW ST PAUL COMO 44.98N 93.15W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0835 AM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW 1 ENE MILROY 44.42N 95.54W
12/22/2009 M1.3 INCH REDWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW 1 SSW LONSDALE 44.46N 93.44W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW DURAND 44.63N 91.96W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH PEPIN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW BROWNTON 44.73N 94.35W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH BLUE EARTH MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0800 AM SNOW WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
12/22/2009 M3.1 INCH WASECA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW HAMBURG 44.73N 93.96W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW BLUE EARTH 43.64N 94.10W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW ALBERT LEA 43.66N 93.37W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH FREEBORN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW NORTHFIELD 44.45N 93.17W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW WINNEBAGO 43.77N 94.17W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0730 AM SNOW 1 NNW COON RAPIDS 45.19N 93.32W
12/22/2009 TRACE ANOKA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0705 AM SNOW 6 SSW LAKEVILLE 44.60N 93.29W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW DURAND 44.63N 91.96W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH PEPIN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 3 N MENOMONIE 44.93N 91.91W
12/22/2009 TRACE DUNN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BALDWIN 44.96N 92.37W
12/22/2009 TRACE ST. CROIX WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW AUGUSTA 44.68N 91.12W
12/22/2009 TRACE EAU CLAIRE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ZUMBROTA 44.29N 92.67W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WINNEBAGO 43.77N 94.17W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WILLMAR 45.12N 95.05W
12/22/2009 M1.9 INCH KANDIYOHI MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WELLS 43.74N 93.73W
12/22/2009 M3.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
12/22/2009 M3.1 INCH WASECA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WACONIA 44.85N 93.79W
12/22/2009 M0.6 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW STILLWATER 45.06N 92.82W
12/22/2009 TRACE WASHINGTON MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW REDWOOD FALLS 44.54N 95.11W
12/22/2009 M1.6 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW SPRINGFIELD 44.24N 94.98W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH BROWN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 5 NW ST PAUL U OF M 45.00N 93.18W
12/22/2009 M0.3 INCH RAMSEY MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSW JORDAN 44.66N 93.64W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH SCOTT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 W HUTCHINSON 44.89N 94.40W
12/22/2009 M1.2 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SE HENDERSON 44.52N 93.89W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH LE SUEUR MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW HASTINGS 44.73N 92.85W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW HAMBURG 44.73N 93.96W
12/22/2009 M1.5 INCH CARVER MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
12/22/2009 M4.0 INCH MARTIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NW CHASKA 44.84N 93.63W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH CARVER MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 WNW PRIOR LAKE 44.74N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NE BUFFALO 45.20N 93.84W
12/22/2009 TRACE WRIGHT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MONTEVIDEO 44.95N 95.72W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 NW CHASKA 44.84N 93.63W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH CARVER MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 W PRIOR LAKE 44.73N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
12/22/2009 M4.0 INCH MARTIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ZUMBROTA 44.29N 92.67W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW HUTCHINSON 44.89N 94.37W
12/22/2009 M1.2 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M3.8 INCH BLUE EARTH MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW WACONIA 44.85N 93.79W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH CARVER MN NWS EMPLOYEE
0700 AM SNOW MORGAN 44.42N 94.92W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BROWNTON 44.73N 94.35W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 4 N BOYD 44.91N 95.90W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH LAC QUI PARLE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW BLUE EARTH 43.64N 94.10W
12/22/2009 M2.5 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 3 SE ALBERT LEA 43.62N 93.32W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH FREEBORN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 W PRIOR LAKE 44.73N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSE ROSEVILLE 45.00N 93.14W
12/22/2009 M0.3 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW WSW LONG LAKE 44.99N 93.57W
12/22/2009 M0.7 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL 45.03N 93.01W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 2 WNW PRIOR LAKE 44.74N 93.47W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW RED WING L/D 3 44.58N 92.60W
12/22/2009 M0.5 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 3 N KIMBALL 45.36N 94.30W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH STEARNS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW LAMBERTON 44.23N 95.26W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 S LESTER PRAIRIE 44.85N 94.04W
12/22/2009 M0.9 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSW LONSDALE 44.46N 93.44W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M2.3 INCH BLUE EARTH MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 ESE MILROY 44.41N 95.54W
12/22/2009 M1.3 INCH REDWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW MONTEVIDEO 44.94N 95.73W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MORGAN 44.42N 94.92W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MORRIS 45.59N 95.91W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH STEVENS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH STEELE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNW NORTH ST PAUL 45.03N 93.01W
12/22/2009 M0.2 INCH RAMSEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW ROBERTS 44.99N 92.55W
12/22/2009 M0.1 INCH ST. CROIX WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0659 AM SNOW ELLENDALE 43.87N 93.30W
12/22/2009 M4.3 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0653 AM SNOW REDWOOD FALLS 44.54N 95.11W
12/22/2009 M1.6 INCH REDWOOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0653 AM SNOW HASTINGS 44.73N 92.85W
12/22/2009 M1.0 INCH DAKOTA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0653 AM SNOW RED WING 44.58N 92.60W
12/22/2009 M0.5 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0630 AM SNOW 1 E OWATONNA 44.09N 93.20W
12/22/2009 M2.8 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0623 AM SNOW FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
12/22/2009 M3.8 INCH MARTIN MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0619 AM SNOW RICHFIELD 44.88N 93.28W
12/22/2009 M0.4 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0615 AM SNOW SACRED HEART 44.78N 95.35W
12/22/2009 E2.2 INCH RENVILLE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW MINNEAPOLIS 44.96N 93.27W
12/22/2009 M0.5 INCH HENNEPIN MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW CHANHASSEN 44.86N 93.56W
12/22/2009 M0.6 INCH CARVER MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW RICHFIELD 44.88N 93.28W
12/22/2009 M0.4 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW EAU CLAIRE 44.82N 91.49W
12/22/2009 TRACE EAU CLAIRE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW EAGLE LAKE 44.16N 93.88W
12/22/2009 M5.0 INCH BLUE EARTH MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0600 AM SNOW MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH BLUE EARTH MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0530 AM SNOW 3 ENE MONTGOMERY 44.46N 93.52W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0528 AM SNOW WINTHROP 44.54N 94.36W
12/22/2009 M2.0 INCH SIBLEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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CARLYONLocal storm report, Dec 22, 10:54 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1054 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1053 AM SNOW WATERVILLE 44.22N 93.57W
12/22/2009 M3.0 INCH LE SUEUR MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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Sources
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