Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas 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, 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, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 290244
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
944 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

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

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO MAINLY ALL SNOW MONDAY
NIGHT. AT THIS TIME IS APPEARS THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES.  ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...AND
EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A FOLEY...TO ST
CLOUD...TO LITCHFIELD...TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORA...TWIN CITIES...NEW ULM...AND RED
WING AREAS...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

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

MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-291045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
944 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

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

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MONDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR GREATER APPEAR POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS
STORM MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...AND
EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-291045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING
944 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

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

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR GREATER APPEAR POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW
MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

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 290943
WSWMPX

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

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

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA
ON MONDAY WITH RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ACROSS THE TWIN
CITIES AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN LATE MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE GREATEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A FOOT. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES...AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A FOLEY...TO ST
CLOUD...TO LITCHFIELD...TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORA...TWIN CITIES...NEW ULM...AND RED
WING AREAS...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

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

MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-291745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
443 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MONDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND
THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ON WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. 
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS
STORM MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...
AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-291745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING
443 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

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

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR
GREATER APPEAR POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE
TWIN CITIES. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS
AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

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.

$$

RAH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 291649
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1149 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA
ON MONDAY WITH RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ACROSS THE TWIN
CITIES AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE GREATEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED A FOOT. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
...AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A FOLEY...TO ST CLOUD...
TO LITCHFIELD...TO REDWOOD FALLS LINE...FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
INCLUDING THE MORA...TWIN CITIES...NEW ULM...AND RED WING
AREAS...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

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

MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-300100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1149 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND
THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ON WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS
STORM MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...
AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-300100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0600Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING
1149 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

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

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW
ON LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR MONDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN
LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR GREATER APPEAR POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

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 292016
WSWMPX

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

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

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA
ON MONDAY WITH RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF MINNESOTA FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM ST
CLOUD...LITCHFIELD AND GRANITE FALLS...FROM 1 PM MONDAY UNTIL 7 PM
TUESDAY.  

NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES...RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE
GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO
CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH A FOOT.
LESSER TOTALS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM REDWOOD
FALLS...WACONIA...CAMBRIDGE AND MORA. HERE...THE WINTER STORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. 
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS
STORM. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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

MNZ053-060>063-069-070-074>078-292130-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0600Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING
316 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. 

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A PERIOD OR RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT IT
APPEARS TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 6 INCHES
THROUGH TUESDAY.  

$$

MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-300430-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS
316 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1
PM MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY
AFTERNOON...TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND THEN
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...AND EVEN CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ044-045-051-052-059-065>068-073-300430-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0004.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
REDWOOD FALLS
316 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR MONDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP OVER A SMALL PART OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF THE
TWIN CITIES METRO...FROM ANOKA...MORA AND CAMBRIDGE. THEN LATER
TUESDAY...AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST OVER NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR LESS APPEAR
POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

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 300304
WSWMPX

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

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

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

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

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

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

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

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 301044
WSWMPX

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.



$$

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

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

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

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

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

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

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

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

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


$$

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

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

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

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

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


$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1247 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

.UPDATE...FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW

&&

.DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 355 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009/

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER THE REGION TODAY AND SUNDAY
AS A STORM SYSTEM OVER ARKANSAS MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY AND THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL
SKIRT THE FAR EASTERN CWA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH SOME HIGH
CLOUDINESS ELSEWHERE. THE PROBLEM TODAY IS DISSOLVING THE LOW
CLOUDS THAT CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN WI...CENTRAL MN AND SOUTHWEST
MN. WITH LOW LEVEL RIDGING IN PLACE AND LIGHT WINDS IT WILL LIKELY
TAKE A GOOD PART OF THE MORNING BEFORE THESE AREAS BECOME PARTLY
CLOUDY.

TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE WARMER THAN THOSE OF THE
PAST FEW DAYS. EXPECT HIGHS TODAY FROM 35 TO 40 WITH 40 TO 45 ON
SUNDAY.

THE FAIR WEATHER TREND WILL BEGIN TO FADE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A STORM
SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THE LOW IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NE ON MONDAY...REACH THE IA/MN BORDER AREA
BY TUESDAY MORNING AND NORTHERN WI BY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS PLACES
A MID LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE FROM SE SD THROUGH CENTRAL MN TO NE
MN. THERE IS PLENTY OF UP GLIDE AND ADIABATIC OMEGA ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MN MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY ON THE
NAM/GFS 290K THETA SURFACES. MIXING RATIOS AVERAGE ABOUT 2.5 G/KG.
A STRONG AREA OF MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS IS SHOWN PASSING ACROSS
THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS AS WELL. THE -15C FRONTOGENESIS VECTOR
DIVERGENCE AND OMEGA ARE MAXIMIZED ACROSS CENTRAL MN DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD AS WELL BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. AVERAGE
QPF IN THIS AREA FROM THE THREE DETERMINISTIC RUNS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY IS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH. HENCE...A HEAVY SNOW EVENT IS SHAPING UP. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM
THE COBB TECHNIQUE SHOW WEST CENTRAL MN HAVING THE BEST POTENTIAL
FOR A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW. HELD OFF ON A WATCH AT THIS TIME WITH
THE EVENT 6 TO 7 PERIODS AWAY.

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT OF SNOW IS INDICATED ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN CWA...RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CWA SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY
MORNING WITH SOME ACCUMULATION. IN FACT...IF ONE TOOK THE FASTER
SPEED OF THE GFS...IT COULD BE ALL SNOW BEFORE TUESDAY MORNING.
ADJUSTED THE WEATHER GRIDS TO INDICATE MORE SNOW POTENTIAL.

IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE DIFFERENT
IDEAS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE GFS WOULD LIKE TO BRING
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT LOW NE FROM MO TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
WHILE THE ECMWF WOULD HAVE A MUCH WEAKER SYSTEM PASSING SOUTH OF
HERE. CURRENT GRIDS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DO HAVE A MENTION OF
RAIN AND SNOW AND THIS LOOKS GOOD WITH THE UNSETTLED PATTERN.

WITH THE PROSPECTS LOOKING GOOD FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY...HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES WERE CUT A BIT...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST...TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGHS/LOWS
FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY COULD BE IN JEOPARDY AS WELL.

&&

.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
A PESKY STRATOCU DECK EXTENDS FROM NWRN WI BACK ACROSS CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MN THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AND
ATTENDANT LIGHT/VARIABLE LLVL WINDS IN PLACE...IT WILL BE TOUGH
FOR THE LOW CLOUDS TO SCOUR OUT THIS AFTERNOON. THE MODELS DON/T
HAVE A HANDLE ON THE LLVL RH AT ALL...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
RUC 925MB RH THAT IS TRYING TO CATCH ONTO IT. EXPECT MVFR LEVEL
CLOUDS TO PLAGUE KRWF/KAXN/KSTC THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE SCT-BKN
CLOUDS CIRCA 4K FEET AFFECT KSMP/KRNH/KEAU. ALTHOUGH SCATTERING
OUT ACROSS CENTRAL MN INTO WEST CENTRAL WI IS EXPECTED BY
EVENING...THERE IS CONCERN THAT THE STRATOCU DECK ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MN MAY PERSIST TONIGHT. HAVE GONE WITH THE MORE
PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO...WHICH IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTED BY A RESURGENCE
OF LLVL MOISTURE ON THE NAM BUFKIT PROFILES OVERNIGHT. HAVE
INCLUDED A BKN020-030 DECK AT KAXN/KRWF AFTER 00Z...AND BROUGHT AN
OVC015-020 DECK IN BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z. FOR THE NRN/ERN
SITES...ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY/EXTENT IS EXPECTED TO BE
LOWER...HAVE ALSO INCLUDED SCT-BKN020-030 CLOUDS AFTER 06Z. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THEN
BECOME MORE PREVALENT NORTH/NORTHEASTERLY ON SUNDAY.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

LS/RAH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1256 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
291800-
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-
1256 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED ALONG MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...PARTICULARLY THE
MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS...STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF A WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRESENT
INDICATIONS POINT TO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
MINNESOTA AS HAVING THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATION DURING THE AFOREMENTIONED PERIOD. THOSE WITH TRAVEL
PLANS SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO FUTURE FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

CONTINUED FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...PARTICULARLY THE
MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS...STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.