Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches in 2009
Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 21, 2009, 3:51 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 23, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2009, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2009, 12:23 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 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 212151 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 351 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM BRINGING LIGHT SNOW TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING...BUT POTENT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS STILL UNCLEAR...THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM...AND EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT...WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE THREE BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...SO THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ064-073>075-220600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.091222T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 351 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY 5 INCH TOTALS. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVED LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-220600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.091222T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 351 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY 5 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVED LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ082-091-220600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.091222T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 351 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVED LATE TUESDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-220600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 351 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JLT/JPR
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMPX 220251 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 851 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM BRINGING SNOW TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING...BUT POTENT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 5 OR 6 INCHES POSSIBLE... NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS STILL UNCLEAR...THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM... AND EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT...WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE THREE BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...SO THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ064-073>075-221100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 851 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVED LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-221100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 851 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY 6 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVED LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ082-091-221100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 851 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE...TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVED LATE TUESDAY MORNING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-221100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 851 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 220814 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM BRINGING SNOW TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. SOME MINOR BLOWING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS STILL UNCLEAR...THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM... AND EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT...WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE THREE BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...SO THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ064-073-221615- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ076-077-221615- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW TO FLURRIES FROM DAYBREAK TO MID-MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS LE SUEUR AND RICE COUNTIES. * MINOR BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-221615- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING....ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW TO FLURRIES FROM DAYBREAK TO MID-MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * MINOR BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ082-091-221615- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE HALF INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE 1 TO 3 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MARTIN AND WATONWAN COUNTIES. * MINOR BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ074-075-221615- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE HALF INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS BROWN AND NICOLLET COUNTIES. * MINOR BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-221615- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMPX 221006 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 406 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM BRINGING SNOW TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. SOME MINOR BLOWING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS STILL UNCLEAR...THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM... AND EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT...WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE THREE BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...SO THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ082-091-221815- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 406 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY TRACE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE 1 TO 3 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MARTIN AND WATONWAN COUNTIES. * ALTHOUGH THE SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF...UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ074-075-221815- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 406 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE HALF INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS BROWN AND NICOLLET COUNTIES. * MINOR BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-221815- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 406 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING....ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW TO FLURRIES FROM DAYBREAK TO MID-MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * MINOR BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. * UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ076-077-221815- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 406 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW TO FLURRIES FROM DAYBREAK TO MID-MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS LE SUEUR AND RICE COUNTIES. * MINOR BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-221815- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ 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-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 406 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 221150 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 550 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .LAST NIGHT INTO EARLY THIS MORNING...A FAST MOVING WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM BROUGHT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WHILE THE SNOW AND ADVISORY HAS ENDED...SLICK CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE MID TO LATE MORNING. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS STILL UNCLEAR...THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM... AND EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT...WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE THREE BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...SO THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ083>085-092-093-222000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 550 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ076-077-222000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 550 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ082-091-222000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 550 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>075-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-222000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ 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-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 550 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 221542 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 942 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS STILL UNCLEAR...THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM... AND EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT...WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE THREE BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...SO THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED...BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ082>085-091>093-222345- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 942 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-222345- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ 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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 942 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 221823 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST STARTING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED... THERE WILL BE MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS... ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAIN SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT STORM TRACK IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR... THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM AND ITS EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT... WILL LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW... WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX THAT WILL BE SEVERAL BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT... SO THERE MAY BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH. THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. THE PRECISE TIMING OF EACH WAVE OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.... AND LIGHTER PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING ANY LULLS. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED... BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT OVER PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. MNZ082>085-091>093-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM... THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH TOTALS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT IN A FEW SPOTS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ049-051>053-055>063-066-068-069-WIZ014>016-023-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.... PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS.... WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-065-067-073>077-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.... PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS.... WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047-048-050-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.... PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS.... WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-230230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ DAKOTA-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM... THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH TOTALS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT IN A FEW SPOTS. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT... BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TRH
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 Dec 21, 3:16 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 3:16 PM CST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
316 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
.DISCUSSION...
FIRST FORECAST PROBLEM TONIGHT IS BAND OF SNOW SETTING UP ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MN. FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE ISENTROPIC LIFT SETTING UP ION
THE 290/295 SURFACE ACROSS THIS AREAS WITH UP TO 3 G/KG MOISTURE
TO WORK WITH. AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH QPF AND A LITTLE HIGHER IN
SOME SPOTS SHOULD YIELD SOME SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES. SREF
DOES HAVE SOME LOW END PROBS OF A DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE OF 50-100
MB OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MN INTO NE IOWA OVERNIGHT. THERE IS SOME
RISK THAT HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE NEEDED A LITTLE FATHER NORTH
THIS EVENING. THERE IS STILL A SMALL CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE FORCING MOVE AWAY FOR THIS
SYSTEM.
OTHERWISE...THE TRENDS OF MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THE IMPENDING STORM
HAVE COME INTO SOME AGREEMENT. THE 12Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS NOW
HAVE A CLOSE CLUSTER OF TRACKS FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI ACROSS
EASTERN IOWA INT SOUTHERN WI. THE ECMWF CONTINUES A SIMILAR TREND
OF LOW LEVEL FEATURES. THIS PLACES MUCH OF THE THE CWA IN HEAVY
SNOW ESPECIALLY FROM SW MN INTO EAST CENTRAL MN AND PARTS OF
WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE 200 MB FORECAST TEMP GRADIENT FROM THE
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISS VALLEY AND THE GREAT LAKES AND
THE IMPLIED PV ANOMALY TO OUR SOUTH..SUGGEST SOME FINAL SNOWFALL
TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS WHICH COULD INCLUDE AMOUNTS
FROM TONIGHT. OTHER AREAS OF THE CWA COULD SEE 8 INCHES + FOR
TOTALS. THE GEFS IS ALSO STILL SHOWING A SIGNAL FOR HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER JUST TO OUR SOUTH...FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS
WELL. MAY NEED TO ADD SOME MIXED PRECIP OVER FAR SE MN AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN WHICH COULD CUT DOWN OF SNOW TOTALS. WILL GO AHEAD AND
ISSUE A WINTER STORMS WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...STARTING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL...AND THE REST OF THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE THE WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT
HIGHLIGHTS MAY ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT EASTERN
AREAS. THIS IS REACHING OUT FOR A WATCH SCENARIO...THUS THE REASON
FOR THE INITIAL TIMING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A FEW WAVES OF
FORCING FOR THIS EVENT WITH THE INITIAL WARM ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC
LIFT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN THE
DEEPENING OF THE SYNOPTIC SCALE SYSTEM OVER THE MISSOURI AREA.
THERE IS STILL A TREND FOR THE SYSTEM TO FILL AFTER BECOMING
STACKED UP WHILE MIGRATING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. WE WILL STILL SEE
SNOW WITH THIS BEYOND CHRISTMAS DAY BUT LIGHTER AMOUNTS. LITTLE
DIURNAL RANGE IN TEMPS THOUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD UNTIL ALONG ABOUT
CHRISTMAS DAY,
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
IFR/MVFR STRATUS WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD ACROSS CTRL AND SRN MN AND
WRN WI THROUGH THE PERIOD. SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST...MOVING SOUTHEAST...WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL MN WITH AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH NEAR KMSP. VSBL WILL
STAY DOWN 4 TO 6 MILES IN FOG. NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT IN FLYING
CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AS MORE POTENT
WEATHER SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...THEN LIFTS
NORTHEAST OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY THE WEEKEND.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ANOKA-BENTON-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-
DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-
LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-
SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT-YELLOW
MEDICINE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY FOR BROWN-MARTIN-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-WATONWAN-YELLOW
MEDICINE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
TUESDAY FOR BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-STEELE-WASECA.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-MARTIN-STEELE-
WASECA-WATONWAN.
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-
POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.
&&
JPR/JVMHazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:30 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1130 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 221015- 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- 1130 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL EXPAND INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. AN INCH MAY FALL AS FAR NORTH AS WILLMAR AND INTO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHAT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY RIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER A VERY LARGE AREA...INCLUDING SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2:28 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 7 more | 15 hr |
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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.