Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Nov 29, 2010, 4:46 AM CST for 19 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 29, 2010, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 42 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
- Nov 29, 2010, 4:46 AM CST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2010, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 5:25 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Morgan, MN | BEGAN SNOWING AROUND 3 PM |
| Nov 29, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Murdock, MN | |
| Nov 29, 6:13 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Nov 29, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Nov 29, 8:08 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Glenwood, MN | |
| Nov 29, 8:22 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Osakis, MN | |
| Nov 29, 8:37 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Madison, MN | |
| Nov 29, 8:37 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Morris, MN | |
| Nov 29, 8:37 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 8 W Clara City, MN | |
| Nov 29, 8:37 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Maynard, MN | |
| Nov 30, 1:45 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Redwood Falls, MN | ESTIMATED BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES. |
| Nov 30, 1:50 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Nov 30, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Brooten, MN | |
| Nov 30, 3:46 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sw Litchfield, MN | DRIFTS OF 1.5 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Ne Warman, MN | |
| Nov 30, 4:39 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Albany, MN | |
| Nov 30, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.2 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Nov 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Wsw Princeton, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Nov 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Willmar, MN | |
| Nov 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.3 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Nov 30, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 9 Nne Bird Island, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Glenwood, MN | |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Elk River, MN | |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Montevideo, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Rice, MN | |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 3 N Alexandria, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 1 Ese Milroy, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Melrose, MN | |
| Nov 30, 7:19 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Belgrade, MN | |
| Nov 30, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 7 S Hillman, MN | |
| Nov 30, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Milaca, MN | |
| Nov 30, 7:41 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Morgan, MN | |
| Nov 30, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Madison, MN | |
| Nov 30, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Morris, MN | |
| Nov 30, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Onamia, MN | |
| Nov 30, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Nov 30, 9:33 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Eden Valley, MN | |
| Nov 30, 9:53 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Murdock, MN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Nov 30, 10:07 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Carlos, MN | |
| Nov 30, 10:23 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 7 Nnw Ogilvie, MN | |
| Nov 30, 11:44 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Nov 30, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | St Cloud, MN | MEASURED AT STC AIRPORT |
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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 584 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
696 WWUS43 KMPX 291046 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 446 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM LATE MONDAY TO LATE TUESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EXTENDING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL REMAIN IN A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM JUST NORTH OF A LINE...FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON...TO MORA. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE LATE TONIGHT. RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ...WILL CONVERT TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO MORA...WILL VARY FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES NEAR THIS LINE...TO ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL VARY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS POLK...BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL INVADE MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MNZ042>045-049-050-057-291900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 446 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * A RAIN SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SIX TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE...FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON TO MORA...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WILL MAR TO ONAMIA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS PLUNGING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO NEAR ZERO ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. MAKE SURE YOUR GAS TANK IS AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS FULL. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-291900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.101129T2100Z-101201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101129T2100Z-101201T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 446 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO BROOTEN TO SAUK CENTRE. * MAIN IMPACT...SIX TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS PLUNGING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. MAKE SURE YOUR GAS TANK IS AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS FULL. && $$ MNZ051-058-059-065-073-291900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 446 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM LITCHFIELD TO MORA. * MAIN IMPACT...FIVE TO AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS PLUNGING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. MAKE SURE YOUR GAS TANK IS AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS FULL. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-291900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 446 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS EVENING. IN WISCONSIN...THE RAIN WILL CONVERT TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO AS MUCH AS FOUR TO FIVE INCHES NEAR FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN POLK...BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO AS MUCH AS FOUR TO FIVE INCHES NEAR FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN POLK...BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MINNESOTA ADVISORY AREA ALONG ASSOCIATED WITH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH STARING LATE TONIGHT AND EXTENDING INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AZ/JM
6 follow-up statements
069 WWUS43 KMPX 291216 AAC WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 616 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM LATE MONDAY TO LATE TUESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EXTENDING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL REMAIN IN A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM JUST NORTH OF A LINE...FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON...TO MORA. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WILL CONVERT TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO MORA...WILL VARY FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES NEAR THIS LINE...TO ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL VARY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS POLK...BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL INVADE MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MNZ042>045-049>051-057>059-065-073-292030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 616 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * A RAIN SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SIX TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE...FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON TO MORA...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO ONAMIA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS PLUNGING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO NEAR ZERO ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. MAKE SURE YOUR GAS TANK IS AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS FULL. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-292030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101129T2100Z-101201T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 616 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE... FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO BROOTEN TO SAUK CENTRE. * MAIN IMPACT...SIX TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS ABOVE ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS PLUNGING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. MAKE SURE YOUR GAS TANK IS AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS FULL. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-292030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 616 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS EVENING. IN WISCONSIN...THE RAIN WILL CONVERT TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO AS MUCH AS FOUR TO FIVE INCHES FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN POLK...BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO AS MUCH AS FOUR TO FIVE INCHES NEAR FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN POLK...BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MINNESOTA ADVISORY AREA ALONG ASSOCIATED WITH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH STARING LATE TONIGHT AND EXTENDING INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
466 WWUS43 KMPX 292020 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY INTO TUESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS...FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...AS WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. IN THE WARNING AREA OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM JUST WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURRING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AFTER THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 TO 5 INCHES FROM MILACA...TO BUFFALO...TO REDWOOD FALLS. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...WHERE TOTALS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE ARE MORE LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH MAY ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. MNZ044-045-050-051-058-059-065-073-300430- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... ...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 FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. AFTER THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-292130- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ 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 220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW NOT OCCURRING UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE...BUT DO NOT WARRANT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-300430- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR 220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-300430- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101129T2100Z-101201T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-300430- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.101130T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
585 WWUS43 KMPX 300356 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 956 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL CONTINUING WITH MARKEDLY INCREASING WIND SPEEDS INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. IN THE WARNING AREA OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 930 PM MONDAY EVENING OF 2 TO 4.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO OVERNIGHT AND GENERALLY PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL MAY BRIEFLY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH 3 AM. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6.5 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA BY NOON ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM JUST WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING IN THE TWIN CITIES BY EARLY OVERNIGHT. BEFORE AND DURING THIS TRANSITION...THERE WILL BE PATCHY DENSE FOG...ALONG WITH POSSIBLY BRIEF FREEZING DRIZZLE. ONCE THE SNOWFALL STARTS...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL THEN REMAIN AS SNOW. THE SNOWFALL WILL LAST THROUGH THE BETTER PART OF TUESDAY MORNING. WHILE AMOUNTS OF ONLY ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE PRIMARILY EXPECTED...QUICKLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ON NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WATER ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THIS ALONE MAY HAVE IMPACTS ON THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH MAY ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AT TIMES DURING TUESDAY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-301200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 956 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6.5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-301200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR 956 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6.5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-301200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-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...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...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 956 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND FREEZING OF UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BY TUESDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-050-051-058-059-065-073-301200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 956 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES AND FREEZING OF UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
186 WWUS43 KMPX 300822 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 222 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL CONTINUING WITH STRONG WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. IN THE WARNING AREA OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AN INTENSE BAND OF SNOW DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW BEING REPORTED FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH OLIVIA AND WILLMAR. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH THE INTENSE BAND OF SNOW WEAKENING SOME AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FROM REDWOOD COUNTY UP TO WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY. ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...SNOWFALL WILL LAST THROUGH THE BETTER PART OF TUESDAY MORNING. WHILE AMOUNTS OF ONLY ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE PRIMARILY EXPECTED...QUICKLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ON NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WATER ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS BY DAYBREAK. THIS ALONE MAY HAVE IMPACTS ON THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH MAY ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AT TIMES DURING TUESDAY MORNING. MNZ065-073-301630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 222 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AND FREEZING OF UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-301630- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR 222 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-301630- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 222 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-301630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 222 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES AND FREEZING OF UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BY TUESDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-050-051-058-059-301630- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 222 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES AND FREEZING OF UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
676 WWUS43 KMPX 301517 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 917 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL CONTINUING TODAY WITH STRONG WINDS... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS...THROUGH THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. IN THE WARNING AREA OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AN INTENSE BAND OF SNOW DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT...WITH A BAND OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW BEING REPORTED FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH OLIVIA AND WILLMAR. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FROM REDWOOD COUNTY UP TO WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY. ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST IN THE ADVISORY AREA...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL LAST THROUGH THIS MORNING. WHILE AMOUNTS OF ONLY ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE PRIMARILY EXPECTED...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH MAY ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AT TIMES DURING THIS MORNING. MNZ042-043-049-057-065-073-301800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 917 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING... BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-301800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 917 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING... BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-301800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 917 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES AND FREEZING OF UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-050-051-058-059-301800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 917 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES AND FREEZING OF UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
629 WWUS43 KMPX 301754 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1154 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW TAPERS OFF... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO ST CLOUD...TO GLENCOE...TO ST JAMES. ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THE EVENING HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND UP TOWARD WILLMAR AND WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-010200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.101130T1800Z-101201T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1154 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW DUE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO NEWLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-065-073-010200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.101130T1800Z-101201T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1154 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW DUE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO NEWLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-083>085-091>093-301900- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1154 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN PATCHY IN NATURE. $$ MNZ051-059-301900- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101130T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO 1154 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN PATCHY IN NATURE. $$ MNZ066-067-074-075-082-010200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101201T0300Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES 1154 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW DUE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO NEWLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ044-045-050-058-010200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-101201T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD 1154 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW DUE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO NEWLY FALLEN SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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 Nov 29, 2:30 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 2:30 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
230 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010
.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO SURGE INTO THE 30S OVER NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA AS A MODERATE SOUTHERLY AIRFLOW ALOFT PREVAIL AHEAD
OF THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS
MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE THIS SYSTEM
OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY. THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH ELONGATED
TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHEAST OVER NORTHWEST MN. A SHARP CONTRAST IN
TEMPERATURES ACROSS OUR CWA WITH NEXT INFLUX OF ARCTIC AIR OVR
MANITOBA. TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S IN OUR
FAR NORTHWEST FORECAST AREA AND IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S OVER
THE REST OF THE AREA.
FORECAST SOUNDING FROM THE NAM80 AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE
INDICATED THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME SATURATED THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN BY
LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE INITIALLY WITH MUCH OF THE WESTERN MN CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT WESTERN WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST MN TO STAY EITHER ALL RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW
THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING.
EXPECT POTENTIAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL MN
WITH AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MN. UP TO TWO INCHES IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST AND NEAR
EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITIONAL TO
SNOWFALL...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN MN TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HAVE UPGRADE THE
WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...BEGINNING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. HPC ALSO AGREES WITH LARGE
SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MN BY TUESDAY
EVENING. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THIS AREA COULD PICKUP OVER 6
INCHES OF SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING.
LATER PERIODS...COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST OVER
THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AND AGAIN ABOUT SATURDAY. MADE MINOR
CHANGING TO GOING FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO STREAM IN AHEAD OF DEVELOPING SYSTEM
NOW IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. IFR CEILINGS NOW IN CENTRAL SD AND
PROGRESSING EAST WITH TIME...SHOULD REACH WESTERN MN BY 12Z. THE
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACROSS
SOUTHERN MN BETWEEN 15 AND 18Z. COULD START OUT AS A LIGHT DRIZZLE
IN MANY LOCATIONS. KAXN WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THIS MORNING...AND
COULD SEE AN EARLY MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. THE RAIN/SNOW LINE
WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS TO THE EAST AS COLD AIR ADVECTION MOVES IN
DURING THE EVENING. SHOULD NOT CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN FAR EASTERN
MN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.
KMSP...QUIET FOR THE FIRST 6-9 HOURS OF THE TAF...AND IT APPEARS
THE MORNING RUSH SHOULD BE VFR CIGS AND VISBYS. HOWEVER...LOW MVFR
AND IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD QUICKLY MOVE IN SOMETIME IN THE LATE
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. SHOULD ALSO SEE A DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOULD
HAPPEN LATE TONIGHT AS WARMER AIR WRAPPING INTO THE LOW PRESSURE
WILL KEEP THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL
THE 06Z-09Z TUESDAY TIME FRAME.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 600 PM
TUESDAY FOR CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-LAC QUI PARLE-
POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR BENTON-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-MILLE LACS-
SHERBURNE-MORRISON-STEARNS-TODD-WRIGHT-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY FOR
ISANTI-ANOKA-CHISAGO-CARVER-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-
SCOTT-BROWN-SIBLEY-MCLEOD-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WATONWAN-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-STEELE-WASECA-RICE-HENNEPIN
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY FOR
POLK-ST CROIX-PIERCE-BARRON-RUSK-EAU CLAIRE-CHIPPEWA-PEPIN.
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JM/MGHazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 7:53 PM CST, 8 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 753 PM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 300200- 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- 753 PM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALL SNOW FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE LOCALLY 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...TEMPERATURES REMAIN WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR PRECIPITATION TO STAY AS RAIN MONDAY...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW SWEEPING ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A DUSTING TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FALLING FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 4:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 40 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.