Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 30, 2010, 2:53 PM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 31, 2010, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 6 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, 2:53 PM CST (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 31, 9:16 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Leaf Valley, MN | |
| Dec 31, 9:28 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 31, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Donnelly, MN | 7 INCHES OVERNIGHT WITH 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON |
| Dec 31, 5:22 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Carlos, MN | 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT...2 SO FAR TODAY. |
| Dec 31, 5:40 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Little Falls, MN | RAIN OVERNIGHT TRACE OF SNOW. |
| Dec 31, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Montevideo, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
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
456 WWUS43 KMPX 310842 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS MORNING... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES TO THE EAST OF THIS. BOTH ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE CONTINUED OVER THIS AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS CONTINUES TO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY...BUT IN GENERAL CONDITIONS ARE STILL VERY POOR DUE TO THE WIND. FURTHER TO THE EAST...IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUE. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME AREAS SEEING LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION AND LIKELY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT 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. AN UPGRADE TO ANOTHER BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAY OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT FIRST...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY AFTERNOON AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARRIVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ANOTHER FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. CONTINUING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT ALSO LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. FURTHER TO THE EAST...IN THE ADVISORY AREA...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EARLY EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OF UP TO NEAR AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY OCCUR. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT...REACHING TO BELOW ZERO VALUES FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE TONIGHT AND CLOSE TO IT IN EASTERN MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. MORE SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY...WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON * MAIN IMPACTS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. * 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. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET RETURN BY THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE CLOSE TO FREEZING...GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ073-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS AT FIRST...BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...FOUR OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN...WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY AFTER 2 PM. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-311645- /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 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN...BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH. 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-311645- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 242 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW...BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO EARLY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
839 WWUS43 KMPX 311123 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 523 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS MORNING... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED TEMPORARILY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BUT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER TODAY...AND ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...AS THE SECOND STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD MINNESOTA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS THE SECOND LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD TOWARD MINNESOTA. A NEW BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT FIRST...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY AFTERNOON AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARRIVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ANOTHER FOUR TO NINE INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. THE LARGER SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL OCCUR NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO CANBY. CONTINUING STRONG NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. FURTHER TO THE EAST...IN THE ADVISORY AREA...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EARLY EVENING... CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR....POSSIBLY UP TO AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY OCCUR. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT...REACHING TO BELOW ZERO VALUES FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT AND CLOSE TO IT IN EASTERN MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-311930- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.110101T0600Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 523 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...4 TO 9 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-058-065-073-311930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 523 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...WHILE SNOW AND SLEET RETURN BY THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIND MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-311930- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T0600Z/ 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 523 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW... BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-311930- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 523 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN... WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY AFTER 2 PM. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
242 WWUS43 KMPX 311859 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1259 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...A WINTRY END TO ONE YEAR AND A BLUSTERY AND COLD BEGINNING TO ANOTHER... .SNOW WAS OVER SPREADING WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM IN IOWA LIFTS RAPIDLY NORTH TOWARD THE DULUTH AREA BY MIDNIGHT. A QUICK BURST OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO LITTLE FALLS. STRONG NORTH WINDS ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL TAKE EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO REACH 25 TO 30 BELOW TONIGHT. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING IN THE OVERNIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE POSTED THROUGH TONIGHT FROM THE IOWA BORDER THEN NORTH ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES TO CAMBRIDGE AND MILLE LACS LAKE. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE TONIGHT WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW. FURTHER TO THE EAST IN WESTERN WISCONSIN THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-010300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.110101T0600Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1259 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH INCREASING WINDS IN THE OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-058-065-073-010300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1259 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW WITH SOME SLEET THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT....2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIND MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-010300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1259 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH. * 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-010300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1259 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
964 WWUS43 KMPX 312154 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN COME THE WIND CHILLS... .HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING IN THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY WEST FROM MORRIS TO MONTEVIDEO TO THE MARSHALL AREA. NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WERE ALSO CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DAKOTAS BORDER. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO BECOME A BIT STRONGER BY MIDNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING AT MIDNIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS BY MORNING WILL BE FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW. FROM THE REDWOOD FALLS AREA THROUGH WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS AND MORA THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE WITH MOST OF THIS ACCUMULATION EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE PRIOR TO 6 PM. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WIND CHILLS BY MORNING WILL REACH 25 BELOW. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES AND ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT AFTER 4 PM. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THERE WILL BE SCATTERED AREAS OF SLEET...PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. WIND CHILLS BY MORNING WILL REACH 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. MNZ042-043-049-057-058-065-073-010600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 354 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET MIXED WITH BURSTS OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ074-082>085-091>093-010600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.110101T0500Z-110101T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 354 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING BLUSTERY AND COLDER OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME SLICK ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-312300- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 354 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT AFTER 4 PM AS SCATTERED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD END. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION. $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-312300- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 354 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT AFTER 4 PM AS THE SCATTERED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BE ENDING. SOME ROADS COULD REMAIN SLICK. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-010600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.110101T0600Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 354 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH INCREASING WINDS IN THE OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050-010600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 354 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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, 12:14 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 12:14 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1214 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010
.UPDATE...
AROUND 11 AM UPGRADED WC MN TO WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS AFTN
AND EVE. PCPN RAPIDLY CHANGING TO MAINLY ALL SNOW AS INVERTED TROF
GETS BUMPED EAST ALLOWING COLDER AIR TO FILTER IN. VERY STRONG
SHORTWAVE NOW IN SC NEB WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN AND
EVENING PROVIDING STRONG LIFT. SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
CLIMB INTO THE 6 INCH RANGE WITH INCREASING NLY WINDS. |
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
IFR TO LIFR CONDS TO PERIST THRU MUCH OF TAF PERIOD. AXN WL CHG TO
+SN SHORTLY AS WNDS NOW BECOMING MORE NORTHERLY DRAWING IN COLDER
AIR AND STRONG SHORTWAVE PROVIDES LIFT. WILL SEE A CHANGE TO
MAINLY SNOW AT STC BY 22Z AS WNDS BCMG MR NELY. WI TAF SITES WILL
REMAIN AS -RA...WITH COLDER AIR NOT ARRIVING UNTIL PCPN PRETTY MUCH
ENDS. LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPRVG WX AS NEXT STRONG LOW PRESSURE
MOVES IN ON FRIDAY.
KMSP... IFR TO LIFR CONDS THRU MUCH OF TAF PRD WITH WDSPRD STRATUS
AND FOG. -RA SHUD MIX WITH A PRD OF -SN AFT 00Z. MAY BE A BRIEF
OPPORTUNITY FOR A PRD OF SLEET DRNG EVE. LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR
IMPRVG WX AS NEXT STRONG LOW PRES MOVES IN ON FRI.
&&
.PREV 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.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BENTON-
CHIPPEWA-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MCLEOD-
MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-
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.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DOUGLAS-
POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD.
WI...NONE.
&&
LS/BAPHazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 10:52 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 30, 2:45 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
245 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM SNOW DONNELLY 45.69N 96.01W
12/30/2010 M2.5 INCH STEVENS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 11:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Todd and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 29 more | 45 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every winter storm warning in 2010
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.