Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches in 2009
Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Mar 8, 2009, 5:28 AM CDT for 29 counties in Minnesota; Polk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2009, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2009, 4:28 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 30 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 081028 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 528 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES...TO RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES...TO ALBERT LEA. LESSER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THIS AREA...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH FROM NEW ULM...MANKATO...OWATONNA...RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE. ON TUESDAY...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN DURING THE EVENING. AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY SET UP TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND NORTH OF A MORRIS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA LINE. SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL NOT BEGIN TAPERING OFF UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS FOR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE FOR 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH...LIKELY LEADING TO TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-028-081830- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.090308T1200Z-090309T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 528 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES...TO ALBERT LEA. LESSER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THIS AREA...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH FROM NEW ULM...MANKATO...OWATONNA...RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE. 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. $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-081830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY 528 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND LIKELY LAST LATE INTO THE NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LIKELY LEADING TO TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 081750 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1250 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .IN THE MEANTIME...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR AREAS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES...TO RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JAMES....TO RED WING...TO EAU CLAIRE LINE...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM NORTHFIELD TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...A SIGNIFICANT STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM IOWA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO MORA LINE. SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY TUESDAY MORNING...AND WILL NOT BEGIN TAPERING OFF UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH...LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS MAY LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-028-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090309T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1250 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JAMES....TO RED WING...TO EAU CLAIRE LINE...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM NORTHFIELD TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. 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. $$ MNZ054>057-064-090200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 1250 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES BY TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-090200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY 1250 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCLUDING AREAS NORTH OF A MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...TO MORA LINE. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ LS/DWE
000 WWUS43 KMPX 081935 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 235 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .IN THE MEANTIME...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELED...AS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...A SIGNIFICANT STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM IOWA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO MORA LINE. SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY TUESDAY MORNING...AND WILL NOT BEGIN TAPERING OFF UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH...LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS MAY LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-028-082045- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090309T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 235 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-090345- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 235 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...INCLUDING AREAS NORTH OF A CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO MORA LINE. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 082250 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 550 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM IOWA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO MORA LINE. SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY TUESDAY MORNING...AND WILL NOT BEGIN TAPERING OFF UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH... LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS MAY LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-090700- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 550 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON... INCLUDING AREAS NORTH OF A CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO MORA LINE. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 090637 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 137 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...MARCH WINTER STORM STILL APPEARS ON TAP FOR CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM CONTINUES TO POSE A THREAT TO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM IOWA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKELY THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO MORA LINE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WATCH MAY BE EXPANDED SOMEWHAT TOWARD THE SOUTH AND EAST. SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY TUESDAY MORNING...AND WILL NOT BEGIN TAPERING OFF UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH... LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS MAY LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-091445- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 137 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON... INCLUDING AREAS NORTH OF A CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO MORA LINE. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM SAINT CLOUD INTO NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 090837 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING TUESDAY... .THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED EAST AND SOUTH TO NOW INCLUDE AREAS FROM ST. JAMES THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO TO AMERY...WISCONSIN. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT PORTION WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL EXPAND EAST INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL PROBABLY BE WEST AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES IN SUCH COMMUNITIES AS WILLMAR...LITTLE FALLS..ST. CLOUD...GLENWOOD ...ALEXANDRIA...MORA AND MILACA. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-091645- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LASTING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ051>053-058>061-065>068-073>075-082-WIZ014-091645- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES AREAS FROM ST. JAMES AND NEW ULM THROUGH LITCHFIELD AND MONTICELLO THEN THROUGH CAMBRIDGE TO AMERY...WISCONSIN. AFTER A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TYPES TUESDAY MORNING ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW TOTALS OF AT LEAST 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF VERY LOW VISIBILITY ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-057-091645- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 337 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 091638 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1138 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING TUESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...AND EXPAND EAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO...BUT WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEST OF A AMERY WISCONSIN...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ST JAMES LINE...WHERE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS...TO ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO ONAMIA. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-100045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1138 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-057>061-065>068-073>075-082-WIZ014-100045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1138 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND AMERY WISCONSIN...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESSER...ALTHOUGH STILL SIGNIFICANT...TOWARD AN AMERY WISCONSIN...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...WHERE AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE WILL BE MORE COMMON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKELY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 091947 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...AND EXPAND EAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO... AND TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...PERIODS OF HEAVING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A AMERY WISCONSIN... TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ST JAMES LINE...WHERE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS...TO ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO ONAMIA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-057>061-065>068-073>075-082-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND AMERY WISCONSIN...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS...ALTHOUGH STILL SIGNIFICANT...TOWARD A MINNEAPOLIS TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...WHERE AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE WILL BE MORE COMMON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY IN THE AMERY AND BALSAM LAKE AREAS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ062-063-069-070-076>078-083>085-091>093-100400- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T1500Z-090311T1200Z/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WIZ015-016-023>028-100330- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ 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 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 092129 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 428 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...AND EXPAND EAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO... AND TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A AMERY WISCONSIN... TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO ST JAMES LINE...WHERE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS...TO ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO ONAMIA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS TO ALEXANDRIA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-057>061-065>068-073>075-082-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND AMERY WISCONSIN...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS...ALTHOUGH STILL SIGNIFICANT...TOWARD A MINNEAPOLIS TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...WHERE AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE WILL BE MORE COMMON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ014-100400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY IN THE AMERY AND BALSAM LAKE AREAS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ062-063-069-070-076>078-083>085-091>093-100400- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T1500Z-090311T1200Z/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WIZ015-016-023>028-100330- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0007.090310T2100Z-090311T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 247 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY EVENING...AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Mar 8, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
427 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE SNOWFALL ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THIS MORNING...HAVE ARCTIC HIGH CENTERED NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR...
SUPPLYING THE LOW LEVELS WITH COLD DRY AIR. AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND IT IS
MOVING ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT THAT GOES FROM THE LOW INTO
CENTRAL INDIANA. THE LOW IS STILL FORECAST TO FORECAST TO MOVE
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT AND BE IN SRN MICHIGAN BY THE END
OF THE DAY. THANKS TO THE DRY AIR IN PLACE...WILL LIKELY SEE A
TIGHT GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL TODAY. BASED ON SOUTHERN TRACK OF LOW
AND SOUTHERN PLACEMENT OF FRONTOGENETIC AND ISENTROPIC FORCING...NOT
EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SNOW WITH THIS. TO TOP IT OFF...SNOW
FALL RATIOS WILL LIKELY ONLY BE IN THE BALLPARK OF 10:1...SO IT
WILL BE HARD TO GET LARGE ACCUMULATIONS. BASICALLY...EXPECTING 1
TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FROM ALBERT LEA AND WASECA OVER TO ROCHESTER.
DESPITE THIS...BASED ON COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORS...WILL CONTINUE
THE ADVISORY SINCE THESE LOCATIONS WILL AT LEAST BE SEEING SOME
SNOW.
STRONG H5 WAVE DIGGING SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST THIS MORNING
WILL KEEP THE REGION IN WSW FLOW BEHIND TODAYS WAVE. WILL SEE
DECENT WARM ADVECTION ON MONDAY...ALLOWING ERN HALF OF CWA TO GET
NEAR THE 40 DEGREE MARK. AFTER THIS HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN
TO QUICKLY DETERIORATE INTO TUESDAY.
WILL SEE STRONG H5 WAVE EJECT ON TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY
MORNING...FORCING A SURFACE LOW TO MOVE OUT FROM COLORADO. ALL
GUIDANCE STILL POINTING TOWARD THIS LOW BRINGING A POTENTIAL
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ATTM...THE NAM IS A WESTERN
OUTLIER WITH THE LOW...TAKING IT OVER THE TWIN CITIES TUESDAY
EVENING. FOR THIS REASON...STAYED CLOSE TO GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS FOR
THIS EVENT...WHICH ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK OF THE LOW
FROM ERN IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE WESTERN UP OF MICHIGAN
WEDNESDAY MORNING...TAKING THE CENTER OF THE LOW ACROSS MPXS WI
COUNTIES TUESDAY EVENING.
THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH THIS STORM...STARTING WITH P-TYPE.
LOOKS LIKE AREAS EAST OF A MANKATO TO ST. CLOUD LINE WILL LIKELY
START WITH RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING.
HOW QUICKLY A LOCATION MAKES THE TRANSITION WILL DETERMINE HOW
MUCH SNOW IS RECEIVED. IN WI...MAJORITY OF EVENT WILL LIKELY BE
RAIN...A FEW ISOLATED CLAPS OF THUNDER STILL CAN NOT BE RULED OUT
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WARM FRONT/INVERTED TROUGH MOVES THROUGH.
ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MODELS CONTINUE TREND OF SHOWING A
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. THERE...THEY WILL BE IN STRONG
DEFORMATION ZONE BETWEEN 1040 MB HIGH TO THE WEST AND THE
AFOREMENTIONED WI LOW. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A LARGE AREA OF
VERY HEAVY SNOW AND WITH STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...
PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY BE PRESENT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
FROM THIS STORM COULD BE LARGE...WITH GFS AND ECMWF STILL
INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER A FOOT OF SNOW FROM CENTRAL INTO
NRN MN. GIVEN HIGH CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS THE LAST FEW DAYS IN
SHOWING THIS SCENARIO...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM
WATCH FROM 12Z TUESDAY TO 12Z WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL MN...ALONG AND
NORTH OF A MORRIS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO MORA LINE.
BEHIND THIS LOW...1040 MB HIGH WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AND
DOMINATE THE CWA THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. WILL SEE
TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL...WITH BELOW ZERO LOWS LIKELY
ACROSS SOME PARTS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
&&
.AVIATION... /06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL MN WILL RETREAT INTO ONTARIO OVERNIGHT
AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS TO THE SOUTH OF US. THE LOW IS PROJECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MO AND NORTHERN IL ON SUNDAY. A MID LEVEL
CIRCULATION WILL SKIRT SOUTHERN MN AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST
CENTRAL WI AS A RESULT. THIS SHOULD KEEP MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES WITH KRWF AND KMSP ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE
OF A FEW HOURS OF SNOW FROM MID MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
NAM/GFS VERTICAL PROFILES SHOW THAT IT WILL BE HARD TO OVERCOME
THE DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH ONLY A 3 TO 4 HOUR WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY. HENCE...KEPT THE PREVIOUS CEILING/VSBY SNOW FORECAST
IN PLACE FOR THESE TWO SITES. BETTER CHANCES FOR COLUMN SATURATION
AT KEAU LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON WITH
LOW MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LIGHT NE SURFACE WINDS DEVELOPING
OVERNIGHT WITH SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 KNOTS ON SUNDAY. WINDS VEERING SE
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SPEEDS 5 KNOTS OR LESS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-MARTIN-
RICE-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR BENTON-DOUGLAS-KANABEC-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-
STEARNS-STEVENS-TODD.
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE.
&&
MPG/RAHHazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 12:16 PM CST, 16 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1216 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 081200- 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- 1216 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY...AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST BY LATE SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES WILL LIKELY FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE IT ENDS SUNDAY EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATER MONDAY NIGHT...LASTING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF GENERATING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY...WET SNOW ACROSS A GOOD PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. IF TRAVEL IS PLANNED TUESDAY...MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.