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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 30, 2010, 11:06 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr. 4 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 30, 2010, 11:06 AM CST (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2010, 6:36 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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 30, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 30, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 30, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | S Appleton, MN | VERY WINDY TREES ARE BENDING OVER. |
| Dec 30, 6:18 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Long Prairie, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
798 WWUS43 KMPX 301706 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...ROUND ONE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL... ...ROUND TWO BRINGING MORE SNOW ESPECIALLY TO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AGAIN FRIDAY... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM CANBY THEN NORTH TO ALEXANDRIA AND STAPLES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS BEING ISSUED FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. BY THIS EVENING SNOW TOTALS COULD BE IN THE SIX INCH RANGE ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND THEN SNOW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID AFTERNOON. A BAND OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...SAUK CENTER...WILLMAR AND MONTEVIDEO. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON IN MORA...CAMBRIDGE... HUTCHINSON...AND OLIVIA. ONE TO PERHAPS 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BY EVENING IN THESE AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH LATE EVENING AS A POCKET OF DRY AIR BRIEFLY MOVES INTO THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF SECOND MORE POTENT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WHICH WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER BACK INTO THE WATCH AREA BEFORE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES ON FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SNOW ARRIVES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING... BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY. MNZ041-047-048-055-310115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0010.101230T1706Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN AND SLEET WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW MAKING A RETURN ON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LONG PRAIRIE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALSO...INCREASING NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY AGAIN CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ042-310115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0010.101230T1706Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LONG PRAIRIE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN... SLEET... FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES HOVER CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK TODAY. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW BY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ073-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH WET SNOW LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER... AFTER A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION TONIGHT... A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LESS THAN IN INCH OF SNOW TODAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
056 WWUS43 KMPX 302053 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH ADVISORIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL... ...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .A QUICK BURST OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS WEST FROM STAPLES TO ALEXANDRIA TO BENSON. NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER IN THE MADISON AND CANBY AREAS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE POSTED IN THIS AREA. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL FROM LITTLE FALLS TO WILLMAR TO MONTEVIDEO. AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MORA TO BUFFALO TO HUTCHINSON. AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING WET SURFACES WILL FREEZE CAUSING ICE TO REFORM. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE POSTED IN THIS AREA. THE MAIN PORTION OF THE WINTER STORM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD BACK INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BEFORE NOON AND ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER HALF FOOT OR BETTER OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BEGIN AGAIN AT 9 AM FRIDAY. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. IT COULD BEGIN WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BEGIN AT NOON FRIDAY. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL TURN TO LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BEGIN AT NOON FRIDAY. MNZ054-064-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING AGAIN BY NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ANOTHER 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY HIGH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR |SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING AGAIN BY NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY HIGH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW BLOWING SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ042-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING AGAIN BY NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW LATE HIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ056-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTEVIDEO 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE ENDING LATE THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF SLEET IS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ073-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING FRIDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW TODAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-310500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN... SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...AN INCH OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-310500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING BY NOON FRIDAY WHICH COULD BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF SLEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-310500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ 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 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY NOON CHANGING TO SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
276 WWUS43 KMPX 310036 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY ON NORTH THROUGH DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES. SOME CITIES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING INCLUDE...CANBY...MONTEVIDEO...APPLETON... MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA AND LONG PRAIRIE. NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH COUPLED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OCCURRING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE OLIVIA...LITCHFILD...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...CAMBRIDGE AND MORA. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL FROM LITTLE FALLS TO WILLMAR TO MONTEVIDEO. AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MORA TO BUFFALO TO HUTCHINSON. AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING WET SURFACES WILL FREEZE CAUSING ICE TO REFORM. THE WINTRY CONDITIONS TONIGHT ARE DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARRIVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ANOTHER HALF FOOT OR BETTER OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ONE TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. IT COULD BEGIN WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL TURN TO LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BEGIN AT NOON FRIDAY. MNZ041-042-047-048-054-055-064-310845- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.101231T0036Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...GRANITE FALLS 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. MORE HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. && $$ MNZ056-310845- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.101231T0036Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTEVIDEO 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. MORE HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-310845- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER 9 PM. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ073-310845- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING FRIDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-310845- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN... SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...AN INCH OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPING ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUING FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-310845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHICH COULD BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF SLEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-310845- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 636 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING TO SNOW BY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH/DWE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 30, 5:01 AM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 5:01 AM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
501 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010
.UPDATE...
UPDATED TO INCLUDE 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 353 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010/
THE FIRST WAVE HEADING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE MAJOR LONG WAVE TROUGH
WAS NEAR THE CO/KS BORDER WITH COOLING CLOUD TOPS. THE 06Z RUN OF
OF THE NAM IS SHOWING A NICE COUPLED UPPER JET STRUCTURE AND
ASSOCIATED DIV OVER CENTRAL MN BY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A
CONTINUED TREND OF FGEN FORCING IN A BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO
NORTHEAST MN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. BEFORE MUCH OF THIS COMES
TOGETHER...MILD TEMP STRUCTURE IS STILL IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE
INVERTED TROUGH. MOST OF THE AREAS WILL SEE RAIN WITH SOME
FREEZING RAIN...PRIMARILY OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MN. AS THE
TROUGH PASSES...A FAVORABLE THICKNESS STRUCTURE FOR SNOW SETS UP
IN OUR NW CWA. IT DOES LOOK LIKE SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 6 RANGE
ARE LIKELY IN THOSE AREAS...AND HOPE THAT HOLDS IT FOR NOW. WILL
KEEP THE ADVISORIES IN PLACE BUT EXTEND INTO THE EVENING. THIS
FIRST SYSTEM THEN LIFTS OUT FAIRLY RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...WHILE
PUSHING THE LOW LEVEL COLD FRONT THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA. THIS
WILL LEAVE THE EASTERN CWA VULNERABLE FOR SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT...BUT MORE OF A PROBLEM FOR
FRIDAY.
THE MODEL TRENDS OF THE MAIN UPPER LOW HAVE BEEN GENERALLY
CONSISTENT WITH A PATH ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA INTO NORTHERN
MN...BUT POSSIBLY A BIT EAST. IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE FORECAST PATH
OF THE H7 LOW FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT IS NEARLY THE SAME AS
THE ONE TODAY. MAYBE A BIT UNUSUAL. THIS STILL LEAVES THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR THE NW CWA IN PLACE. HAVE ELECTED TO
NOT GO WITH A WARNING YET..WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY...AND IT MAY BE
NECESSARY TO CONSIDER A BLIZZARD WARNING AT SOME POINT. PARTS OF
THE NW CWA COULD SEE SNOW TOTALS OVER A FOOT FROM TODAY AND FRIDAY.
THE SREF PROBS AND BUFKIT PROFILES SUGGEST A SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN SCENARIO FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA...SO HAVE INCREASED
WORDING FOR THIS POTENTIAL. WILL LIKELY NEED ADVISORIES FOR THIS
AT SOME POINT ON FRIDAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE A COLDER PERIOD COMING UP FOR NEXT WEEK WITH
SOMEWHAT OF A RETURN TO THE PATTERN WE HAD IN MID DECEMBER WITH N
PACIFIC CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEMS INTERACTING WITH THE MODIFIED ARCTIC
REGIME.
&&
.AVIATION.../12Z TAF ISSUANCE/
VERY POOR CONDITIONS FOR AVIATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST
PERIOD IN TERMS OF CEILINGS... VISIBILITIES... AND WEATHER.
INVERTED TROUGH CURRENTLY LACED FROM SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA IS WORKING TO FOCUS SOME OF THE LOWEST CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES AT THE CURRENT TIME... WITH LIFR CONDITIONS
PREDOMINATING ALONG THAT AXIS... BRACKETED BY IFR CONDITIONS TO
THE EAST AND WEST IN TERMS OF BOTH CEILING AND VISIBILITY. THE
FIRST SHORTWAVE EJECTING FROM THE WESTERN UPPER TROUGH WILL HELP
INTENSIFY A SURFACE WAVE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER MINNESOTA
LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT... WHICH WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD PCPN
TO THE AREA... EXPANDING UPON THE SPOTTY DRIZZLE... LIGHT RAIN...
FLURRIES... AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CURRENTLY SEEN ACROSS THE STATE.
A SHARP TEMPERATURE CONTRAST FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE STATE... AND ACROSS THE TAF SITES... WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH
TONIGHT... WITH KAXN SEEING THE BULK OF ITS PCPN IN THE FORM OF
SNOW LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT... WHILE KMSP WILL SEE PREDOMINANTLY
RAIN. HOWEVER... ALL LOCATIONS LOOK TO SEE CEILINGS STAY BLO 1K FT
AGL THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH PERHAPS SOME IMPROVEMENT LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS SOME BRIEF SUBSIDENCE WORKS INTO THE
AREA BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY. WIND
FORECASTS WILL BE A BIT TRICKY... PRIMARILY DUE TO THE SHARP SHIFT
PRESENT ALONG THE INVERTED TROUGH/FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
KMSP... IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH THE
PERIOD WITH SOME LIFR CONDITIONS AS WELL... PARTICULARLY FROM LATE
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRIMARY FORECAST UNCERTAINTIES ARE
HOW LOW VISIBILITIES WILL GET AND WHETHER THEY WILL REMAIN LOW
THROUGH THE DAY... BUT GIVEN TRENDS ACROSS THE AREA AND THE
COPIOUS AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT... STUCK CLOSE TO THE
GOING FORECAST AND KEPT VISIBILITIES FAIRLY LOW THROUGH THE DAY
ONCE THEY DETERIORATE FROM CURRENT VALUES. FREEZING PCPN DOESN/T
LOOK TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES SEVERAL
DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING AND EXPECTED TO STAY THERE... HOWEVER THERE
MAY BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR FREEZING PCPN ON FRIDAY AS THE PCPN
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA AND COLDER LOW
LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARRIVE COINCIDENTALLY.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BENTON-
CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-
MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-
STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-
YELLOW MEDICINE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
FOR KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MORRISON-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-STEARNS-TODD.
WI...NONE.
&&
TRH/JPR/TRHHazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 10:52 AM CST, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1052 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 311700- 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- 1052 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF RAIN...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MOTLEY TO WILLMAR...TO GRANITE FALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE DECREASING OR MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT...BUT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD DEVELOP IN MOST LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE SECOND PART OF THIS MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. A DEEPENING STORM CENTER COULD BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF ST CLOUD TO REDWOOD FALLS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS MIXTURE COULD CAUSE SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. CHECK THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. .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 30, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 29 more | 45 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.