Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 2, 2010, 3:17 PM CST for 36 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 3, 2010, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2010, 3:17 PM CST (21:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2010, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 39 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 3, 11:07 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Vesta, MN | |
| Dec 3, 11:10 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Granite Falls, MN | |
| Dec 3, 11:12 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Morgan, MN | STARTED SNOWING ABOUT 930 AM |
| Dec 3, 11:24 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Lamberton, MN | |
| Dec 3, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | St James, MN | |
| Dec 3, 11:37 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Dec 3, 11:57 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | St Clair, MN | |
| Dec 3, 12:03 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Springfield, MN | |
| Dec 3, 12:23 PM CST | SNOW 1 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Dec 3, 12:56 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Mankato, MN | VISIBILITES COMMING DOWN SNOW INTENSITY BE3COMING MODERATE |
| Dec 3, 1:32 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Dec 3, 2:13 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Morristown, MN | |
| Dec 3, 2:39 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 3, 2:43 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Dec 3, 2:48 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Waconia, MN | SNOWING FOR TWO HOURS THUS FAR. |
| Dec 3, 2:52 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Olivia, MN | |
| Dec 3, 2:55 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sacred Heart, MN | |
| Dec 3, 2:59 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Donnelly, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:01 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:03 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Alexandria, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:18 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Le Sueur, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:23 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Faribault, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:26 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Hutchinson, MN | STORM TOTAL 5.6 SO FAR |
| Dec 3, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | St Peter, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:34 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:37 PM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Red Wing, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:38 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:39 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Morgan, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:41 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Dec 3, 3:43 PM CST | SNOW 3 | St Clair, MN | |
| Dec 3, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 3, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Dec 3, 4:31 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Nicollet, MN | |
| Dec 3, 4:44 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Mankato, MN | |
| Dec 3, 4:47 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Willmar, MN | |
| Dec 3, 4:56 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Se Northfield, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:05 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Bloomington, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:09 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | St Paul, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:09 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Waterville, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:18 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Waite Park, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Richfield, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:55 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Chanhassen, MN | TAKEN AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. |
| Dec 3, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Morristown, MN | |
| Dec 3, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Willmar, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:02 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Blue Earth, MN | IN LAST 7 HOURS |
| Dec 3, 6:07 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Waconia, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:17 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:22 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Waseca, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:25 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Bloomington, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:27 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Janesville, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Dec 3, 6:57 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Spring Lake Park, MN | |
| Dec 3, 7:08 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ese Chaska, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
529 WWUS43 KMPX 022117 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 317 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AHEAD FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN A SWATH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WISCONSIN... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BY MID AFTERNOON SNOW WILL EXPAND INTO WISCONSIN. A BAND OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING CENTERED ON A LINE FROM THE ALEXANDRIA AREA THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AND TOWARD ALBERT LEA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO ADJOINING AREAS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL IN THE TWIN CITIES WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT BEGINNING FRIDAY FOR MOST OF THE GOPHER STATE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO AROUND FOLEY TO THE FOREST LAKE AREA. IT WILL EXTEND INTO WISCONSIN TO INCLUDE NEW RICHMOND...ELLWSORTH...AND DURAND. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE POSTED ACROSS THE LITTLE FALLS... MILACA AND CAMBRIDGE AREAS IN MINNESOTA. IN WISCONSIN THEY WILL INCLUDE EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE AND AMERY. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-030530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.101203T1500Z-101204T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1200Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 317 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE SNOW. TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ024-026- 030530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.101203T2100Z-101204T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1800Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE- PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 317 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE SNOW. TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082-091-030530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.101203T1500Z-101204T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1800Z-101204T1200Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 317 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE SNOW. TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. 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. && $$ WIZ023-030530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1800Z-101204T1200Z/ ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 317 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE SNOW. TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043-050-030530- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.101203T2100Z-101204T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY 317 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED IN THE SNOW. TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-030530- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 317 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED IN THE SNOW. TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BAP
9 follow-up statements
399 WWUS43 KMPX 030328 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 928 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...MORE SNOW AHEAD FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...MANKATO...AND ALBERT LEA...AS WELL AS FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING NEW RICHMOND...FROM NOON FRIDAY THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 3 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND SOON AFTER FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN. ONCE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING ON FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE IN INTENSITY...BUT POTENTIALLY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...MOST LIKELY IN A CORRIDOR FROM PAYNESVILLE...SOUTHEAST TOWARDS ALBERT LEA...INCLUDING HUTCHINSON AND MANKATO. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY TAPER IN INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE MID-MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE MOST FAVORED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A BAND OR TWO OF UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING CENTERED ON A LINE FROM PAYNESVILLE TOWARD ALBERT LEA. THE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO ADJOINING AREAS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 5 INCHES. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL IN THE TWIN CITIES WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. THIS SNOW WILL BE A LIGHT WATER CONTENT THAN RECENT SNOWFALL...HOWEVER WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG...SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS EXPECTED TO BE A MINIMAL HAZARD. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS CAUSED BY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-031130- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1500Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 928 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-031130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1800Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 928 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-031130- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 928 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID-AFTERNOON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
381 WWUS43 KMPX 030945 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 345 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL DEVELOPING TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...MANKATO...AND ALBERT LEA...AS WELL AS FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING NEW RICHMOND...FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REACH THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN SOON AFTER. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS...NEAR 7 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED IN A CORRIDOR FROM WILLMAR AND LITCHFIELD ON SOUTHEAST THROUGH HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM AND MANKATO...TO OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL GENERALLY BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW. THE WINTER STORM IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-031745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1500Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 345 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-031745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1800Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 345 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER... ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-031745- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 345 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH/CLF
288 WWUS43 KMPX 031122 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 522 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL DEVELOPING TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...MANKATO...AND ALBERT LEA...AS WELL AS FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING NEW RICHMOND...FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REACH THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN SOON AFTER. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS...NEAR 7 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED IN A CORRIDOR FROM WILLMAR AND LITCHFIELD ON SOUTHEAST THROUGH HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM AND MANKATO...TO OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL GENERALLY BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW. THE WINTER STORM IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-031930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1500Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 522 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-031930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1800Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 522 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER... ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-031930- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 522 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH/CLF
594 WWUS43 KMPX 031744 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALSO FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...MANKATO...AND ALBERT LEA...AS WELL AS FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING NEW RICHMOND...THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF SNOW CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WITH REPORTS ALREADY IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS OF 1130 AM. THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REACH THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN SOON AFTER. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW. THE WINTER STORM IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-040145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-040145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.101203T1800Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER... ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-040145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
258 WWUS43 KMPX 032005 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 205 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALSO FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...MANKATO...AND ALBERT LEA...AS WELL AS FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING NEW RICHMOND...THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF SNOW CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WITH REPORTS ALREADY IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS OF 1130 AM. THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REACH THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN SOON AFTER. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW. THE WINTER STORM IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-040430- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 205 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-040430- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 205 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER... ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-040430- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 205 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
328 WWUS43 KMPX 032015 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 215 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND WILLMAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA... MANKATO...AND ALBERT LEA...AS WELL AS FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING NEW RICHMOND...THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF SNOW CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...AND INTO SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE NOON...WHICH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 5 INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. THEREFORE...EXPECT DELAYS FOR THOSE DRIVING AND FLYING AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-040415- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 215 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-040415- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 215 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIME MAY BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER... ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-040415- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101203T2100Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 215 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
041 WWUS43 KMPX 040306 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 906 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. THIS INCLUDES WILLMAR...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA... MANKATO...AND ALBERT LEA...AS WELL AS FAR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING NEW RICHMOND AND ELLSWORTH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES CAMBRIDGE...LITTLE FALLS... AND EAU CLAIRE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS AND MONTEVIDEO. HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW REMAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND MOVE FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST. LIGHTER SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO FLURRIES THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 5 INCHES. UNTREATED OR UNPLOWED ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MNZ057-065-074-041115- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...NEW ULM 906 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-041115- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.101204T0600Z-101204T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 906 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ042-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 906 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN TAPERING OFF. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * OTHER IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-015-025-027-028-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 906 PM CST FRI DEC 3 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
647 WWUS43 KMPX 041116 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 516 AM CST SAT DEC 4 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW COMING TO AN END IN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS...BUT ONLY MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 6 AM CST. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WARNING. MNZ042-049-051-057>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-041230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 516 AM CST SAT DEC 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAS ALREADY FALLEN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-043>045-047-048-050-052>056-064-073-WIZ014-015-025-027-028- 041230- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON-ISANTI- CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-POLK- BARRON-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON... MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 516 AM CST SAT DEC 4 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION ONLY A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
228 WWUS43 KMPX 041154 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 554 AM CST SAT DEC 4 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW COMING TO AN END IN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS...BUT ONLY MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 6 AM CST. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WARNING. MNZ042-049-051-057>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024- 026-041300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ TODD-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 554 AM CST SAT DEC 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. $$ MNZ041-043>045-047-048-050-052>056-064-073-WIZ014-015-025-027-028- 041300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON-ISANTI- CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-POLK- BARRON-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON... MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 554 AM CST SAT DEC 4 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ENDING THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS $$
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 2, 2:45 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:45 PM CST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
245 PM CST THU DEC 2 2010
.DISCUSSION...
CONFIDENT IS GROWING ON THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER FOR FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. MODELS ARE SHOWING MORE CONSENSUS WITH THE TRACK
AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AXIS. HPC SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST.
THE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
BY FRIDAY EVENING. EXPECT SNOW TO BREAKOUT CROSS WESTERN MN LATE
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF
MINNESOTA AND EXTREME WESTERN WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SHORT TERM MODELS SHOWED THE BEST FORCING AND 2D FRONTOGENESIS MOVING
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS MUCH OF CWA...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
12Z(FRIDAY MORNING) AND 12Z/SATURDAY(FRIDAY NIGHT) TIMEFRAME. TEMPS
IN THE DENDRITIC CRYSTAL GROWTH AREA ARE FORECAST BETWEEN -12
CELSIUS AND -16 CELSIUS...VERY CONDUCIVE FOR LARGE SNOWFLAKES AND
HEAVY SNOW. EXPECT 6 INCHES OR MORE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ENCOMPASS AN
AREA NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL TO FAIRMONT TO SOUTH AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM NEW RICHMOND...ST CLOUD TO ALEXANDRIA. AFTER
MUCH DEBATE...WILL UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO
WARNINGS/ADVISORIES WITH EXCEPTION OF RUSK COUNTY IN FAR WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
MODEL CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME WEAKER LIFT OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE DAY
SATURDAY...SO KEPT SOME POPS GOING.
BY SATURDAY NIGHT...THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OVER THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
BUILDS OVER WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND NORTHERN PLAINS.
MEDIUM AND LONG RANGE FORECAST...THE LATEST ECMWF/GFS SHOWED GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFY OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. THUS...A
DRY NORTHWEST AIRFLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THROUGH END OF
WORK WEEK NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
FIRST AVIATION CONCERN DEALS WITH A LOW STRATUS DECK ACROSS N
FA...WHICH HAS AFFECTED STC/AXN AND NEAR RNH AS OF 1730Z. FOR THE
PAST FEW HRS...THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS DECK HAS ERODED DUE TO A
DRY LAYER AHEAD OF IT. THEREFORE...BELIEVE THAT THE SOUTHERN
EXTENT IS LIKELY NEAR THE END...WHICH WILL LIKELY JUST MODIFY THE
LAYER BELOW THE INVERSION FOR MSP DURING THE AFTN. BUT CONFIDENCE
REMAINS LOW ENOUGH FOR CONTINUING A 3K DECK BY 21Z. ANOTHER MVFR
DECK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTING SHRTWV THAT GAVE SOME -SN
TO THE REGION EARLIER TODAY. WILL CONTINUE A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF
MVFR CEILINGS AT RWF...WITH VFR CEILINGS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AFT
00Z. WNDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT FROM THE N/NW...BECOMING E/SE TOWARD 12Z.
AFT 12Z...CEILINGS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER AT RWF/AXN/STC WITH SOME
-SN BY 15Z...BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO DECREASE TO MVFR CEILINGS
UNTIL 18Z...OR LATER. /NEXT TAF PERIOD/
MSP...SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BELOW AN INVERSION NORTH OF
MSP...MAY ALLOW FOR SOME HIGH END MVFR CEILINGS THIS AFTN.
OTHERWISE...N/NW WNDS UNDER 10 KTS...WILL BECOME MORE E/SE TOWARD
12-15Z...AND INCREASE DURING THE AFTN. EXPECT CEILINGS AFT 18Z/03
TO LOWER TO MVFR...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF IFR CEILINGS IN SN/FG AFT
21Z. ..JLT..
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR
ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-CARVER-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-
HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RICE-
SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-TODD-WASECA-
WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR BROWN-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-
POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY
FOR BENTON-CHISAGO-ISANTI-KANABEC-MILLE LACS-MORRISON.
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR
PEPIN-PIERCE-ST. CROIX.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY
FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-POLK.
&&
JLT/JVMHazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 4:50 AM CST, 10 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 450 AM CST THU DEC 2 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 031100- 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- 450 AM CST THU DEC 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH OF THE REGION. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR OR SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY WILLMAR...TO MANKATO...TO FARIBAULT. WHILE MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE 3-6 INCH RANGE...A FEW SPOTS COULD SEE SNOW TOTALS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 8 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS ON SATURDAY. THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 8 more | 39 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.