Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Dec 10, 2010, 1:57 PM CST for 26 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 33 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2010, 1:57 PM CST (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 12:26 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:12 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:58 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Dec 11, 6:05 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 11, 7:12 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Sw Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 11, 7:12 AM CST | SNOW 6.1 | Waconia, MN | |
| Dec 11, 7:49 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:04 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 5 S Red Wing, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 3 | St Clair, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | St James, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:41 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:32 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Burnsville, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:48 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:51 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 10.5 | Shakopee, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:16 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Brownton, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:21 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | St Clair, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:40 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:40 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 2 S Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:41 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 11, 11:05 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 11, 11:05 AM CST | SNOW 7.8 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 11, 11:07 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Springfield, MN | HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT. NOW EXPERIENCEING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. |
| Dec 11, 11:49 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Dec 11, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 7.9 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Dec 11, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 9 | 1 Ese Chaska, MN | |
| Dec 11, 12:21 PM CST | SNOW 11.4 | Chanhassen, MN | STORM TOTAL MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN CHANHASSEN. |
| Dec 11, 12:31 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Shakopee, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Mankato, MN | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 11, 1:33 PM CST | SNOW 9.3 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:38 PM CST | SNOW 11.5 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:43 PM CST | SNOW 11.1 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Dec 11, 2:09 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 9.9 | Waconia, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:09 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Murdock, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:16 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:34 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:41 PM CST | SNOW 18 | Shakopee, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 10.5 | Hutchinson, MN | STORM TOTAL... SO FAR |
| Dec 11, 3:50 PM CST | SNOW 11.5 | 1 Se Northfield, MN | STORM TOTAL... SO FAR |
| Dec 11, 4:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Dec 11, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Mankato, MN | SNOW DRIFTS UP TO THREE FEET. |
| Dec 11, 5:06 PM CST | SNOW 17.5 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Dec 11, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 15.2 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN CHANHASSEN. STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 11, 6:10 PM CST | SNOW 18 | 3 Ssw Burnsville, MN | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 11, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 18 | Farmington, MN | |
| Dec 11, 6:54 PM CST | SNOW 21.5 | Shakopee, MN | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 13.5 | 1 Ese Chaska, MN | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 11, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Mankato, MN | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 11, 8:12 PM CST | SNOW 18.1 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:20 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:26 PM CST | SNOW 16.3 | Hastings, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:06 PM CST | SNOW 17.4 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:09 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Faribault, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:42 PM CST | SNOW 21.5 | New Market, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 17.2 | 1 W Carver, MN | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 11, 11:33 PM CST | SNOW 16.5 | Savage, MN | |
| Dec 12, 1:24 AM CST | SNOW 15.5 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. STORM TOTAL SNOW. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
864 WWUS43 KMPX 101957 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO FARIBAULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...A LIGHT MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AT THE STORMS ONSET ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF MONTEVIDEO TO FARIBAULT LINE STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BEFORE 6 AM CST. ANY FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE ENTIRELY OVER TO SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 7 AND 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE CORRIDOR OF THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON...ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO THE NEW RICHMOND AND LADYSMITH COMMUNITIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE AREAS WILL MOST LIKELY SEE 10 OR MORE INCHES. SLIGHTLY LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE TOTALS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY AS THIS WINTER STORM GATHERS STRENGTH AND MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. MNZ067-074>077-082>085-091>093-110400- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.101211T0600Z-101212T0600Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS BELOW ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY...AND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ065-073-110400- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING NIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS BELOW ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY...AND SHOULD RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-110400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ048-110400- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0600Z-101212T0600Z/ POPE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENWOOD 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-045-049>053-057>063-066-068>070-110400- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0600Z-101212T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING BETWEEN 9 PM CST AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...9 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW...ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ078-110400- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...9 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS EXCEEDING ONE FOOT...ARE LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-110400- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS GETTING OVER 14 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 25 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ041>043-110400- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.101211T0600Z-101212T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 157 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CLF/RAH
7 follow-up statements
441 WWUS43 KMPX 110229 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 829 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO FARIBAULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OR MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA OR MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO ...GAYLORD TO RED WING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 7 AND 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE CORRIDOR OF THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON...ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO THE NEW RICHMOND AND LADYSMITH COMMUNITIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE AREAS WILL MOST LIKELY SEE 10 OR MORE INCHES. SLIGHTLY LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE TOTALS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY AS THIS WINTER STORM GATHERS STRENGTH AND MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER WAS OVER NEBRASKA. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST OVER IOWA OVERNIGHT...THEN MOVE OVER THE LOWER LAKE MICHIGAN SATURDAY NIGHT. A STRONG PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE MIDWEST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-111030- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 829 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ067-074>077-082>085-091>093-111030- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.101211T0600Z-101212T0600Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 829 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY...AND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>053-057>063-066-068>070-111030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0600Z-101212T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE 829 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING BETWEEN 9 PM CST AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW...ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 829 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS GETTING OVER 16 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 25 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-111030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.101211T0600Z-101212T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 829 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
659 WWUS43 KMPX 111052 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 452 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO FARIBAULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHTER SNOW OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST TWIN CITIES...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF THE METRO AREA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TOWARD DURAND AND MENOMONIE. IT APPEARS THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL EXPAND OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. LIGHTER INTENSITY SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE CORRIDOR OF THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON AND MANKATO...ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO...INTO MOST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES OF SNOW BY TONIGHT. SLIGHTLY LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON. THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND IN THE MORRIS AND ALEXANDRIA AREAS. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS WINTER STORM GATHERS STRENGTH AND MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO TONIGHT. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT IN THESE AREAS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EVENING OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATER THIS EVENING...AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER WAS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA THIS MORNING. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST TODAY AND REACH NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A STRONG PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE MIDWEST TONIGHT AND WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. MNZ082>085-091>093-111900- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 452 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW REDEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-111900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 452 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW INCREASING AGAIN THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ067-074>077-111900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 452 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAYV AT TIMES WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>053-057>063-066-068>070-111900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE 452 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING TODAY WITH A WIDER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...9 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW...ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 452 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING AND LASTING INTO TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 25 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-111900- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 452 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TODAY LASTING INTO EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
358 WWUS43 KMPX 111632 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWING...TO SHAKOPEE...TO WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING MOST OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW FALL REPORTS VARY WIDELY...BUT AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10 INCHES HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...AND THE WINDS WILL ONLY GET STRONGER WITH TIME. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE CORRIDOR OF THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON AND MANKATO...ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO... INTO MOST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SLIGHTLY LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON. THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND IN THE MORRIS AND ALEXANDRIA AREAS. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS WINTER STORM GATHERS STRENGTH AND MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH... WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO TONIGHT. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EVENING...BUT CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. MNZ057-058-066-068>070-120045- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TODAY AND LASTING INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...9 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW...IS LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ078-120045- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TODAY AND LASTING INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-120045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW INCREASING AGAIN THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ067-074>077-120045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAYV AT TIMES WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-120045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW REDEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>053-059>063-120045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING TODAY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...9 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW...ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-120045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TODAY AND LASTING INTO THE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 25 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-120045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TODAY LASTING INTO EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ FRANKS
739 WWUS43 KMPX 112213 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT ADVISED. THE HEAVY SNOW IS SLOWLY LOOSENING ITS GRIP ON SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW RESPONSIBLE FOR 1-2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS SNOW INTO THE EVENING. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MENOMONIE...TO RED WING...TO MANKATO WILL BE THE LAST LOCATIONS TO SEE THE HEAVY SNOW CLEAR. LATEST SNOW FALL REPORTS VARY WIDELY...BUT BETWEEN 6 AND 20 INCHES HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. FINAL SNOW TOTALS AND REPORTS ARE HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT IN GENERAL THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXTEND FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON AND MANKATO...ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO...INTO MOST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WESTERN WISCONSIN AND FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SHOULD SEE A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOW. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING ALONG WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT. MNZ047-054>056-064-120615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0002.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW HAS LARGELY ENDED BUT STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS FALLEN...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ057-058-065>070-073-120615- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...9 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-120615- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-120615- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...9 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. && $$ MNZ048>050-120615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-120615- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...12 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 25 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ041>043-120615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 413 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW HAS LARGELY ENDED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COMBINED WITH HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FRANKS
626 WWUS43 KMPX 120251 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS NOT ADVISED. GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW REMAINS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WHAT LITTLE SNOW REMAINS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO VERY STRONG WINDS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING ALONG WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT. SNOW FALL REPORTS VARY WIDELY...WHERE BETWEEN 6 AND 20 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. IN GENERAL...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXTEND FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON AND MANKATO...ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO...INTO MOST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BLIZZARD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS THAT HAVE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS AND MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. OUTSIDE OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING...WINDS WILL STILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING WHEN CONDITIONS IMPROVE. MNZ047-121100- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORRIS 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ048-121100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ POPE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENWOOD 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ054>056-064-121100- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS ENDED BUT STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 35 BELOW OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ057-058-065>070-073-121100- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END TONIGHT...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-121100- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES . * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ049-050-121100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-121100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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 SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. && $$ MNZ041>043-121100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * OTHER IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FRANKS
555 WWUS43 KMPX 121019 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 419 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS NOT ADVISED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING MAY STILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. OTHERWISE...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL NOON...WHERE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE CLOSE TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE UNDER A WIND CHILL ADVISORY THIS MORNING. MNZ057-058-065>070-073-121800- /O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T1200Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS 419 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF AROUND AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO THOUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-121800- /O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T1500Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 419 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-WIZ014-023-024-121800- /O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T1200Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 419 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-025>028-121200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 419 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 419 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. * MAIN IMPACT...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ041>043-048>050-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 419 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING. * MAIN IMPACT...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
829 WWUS43 KMPX 121207 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 607 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND IS NOT ADVISED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING MAY STILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. OTHERWISE...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL NOON...WHERE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE CLOSE TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE UNDER A WIND CHILL ADVISORY THIS MORNING. MNZ057-058-065>070-073-121800- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS 607 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS AROUND AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO THOUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-WIZ014-023-024-121800- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 607 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ WIZ015-016-025>028-121315- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 607 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ROADS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. EXTRA CAUTION IS ADVISED. $$ MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.101212T1500Z-101212T1800Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 607 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 607 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. * MAIN IMPACT...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ041>043-048>050-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 607 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING. * MAIN IMPACT...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 5:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 28 more | 49 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope, Stevens and 3 more | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.