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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Feb 6, 2010, 3:53 AM CST for 39 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 7, 2010, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2010, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2010, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2010, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 39 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton 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, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison 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, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001 WWUS43 KMPX 060953 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A LONG PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS LONG DURATION OF SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... ALTHOUGH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DIVE SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN DAKOTAS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY... BEFORE SWINGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA AND ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TO INTENSIFY A SURFACE TROUGH WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE AREA... AND THESE FEATURES WILL WORK IN CONCERT TO PRODUCE THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON MONDAY... THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL... AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MORRIS... ALEXANDRIA... LITTLE FALLS... WILLMAR... ST CLOUD... HUTCHINSON... AND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THERE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY ON EXACTLY WHERE THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL TRACK... WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHERE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. MNZ041>043-047>050-055>058-061800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100207T1200Z-100209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 353 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ044-051-052-059>062-065>070-075>077-061800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100207T1800Z-100209T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 353 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ TRH
5 follow-up statements
603 WWUS43 KMPX 062108 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 308 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A LONG PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS LONG DURATION OF SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALTHOUGH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DIVE SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN DAKOTAS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...BEFORE SWINGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA AND ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TO INTENSIFY A SURFACE TROUGH WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE AREA...AND THESE FEATURES WILL WORK IN CONCERT TO PRODUCE THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW FROM SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON MONDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TUESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO LITCHFIELD AND ALONG AND WEST OF A LITCHFIELD...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO LITTLE FALLS LINE HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM SAINT CLOUD TO ALEXANDRIA. THE WINTER STORM WATCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUES FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HUTCHINSON...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA....AND SAINT PETER. FINALLY...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A NEW ULM...TO MANKATO...TO OWATONNA LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON EXACTLY WHERE THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL TRACK...WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHERE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. MNZ041>043-047>050-055>058-070515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100207T1200Z-100209T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.100207T1800Z-100209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 308 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ074-082>085-091>093-070515- /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 308 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ044-051-052-059>062-065>070-075>077-070515- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100207T1800Z-100209T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 308 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
706 WWUS43 KMPX 070428 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1028 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LIES AHEAD SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A LENGTHY PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE LONG DURATION OF SNOW...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD. THESE LARGE SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY SEE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DIVE SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN DAKOTAS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...BEFORE SWINGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA AND INTO ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY. THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TO INTENSIFY A SURFACE TROUGH WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE AREA...AND THESE FEATURES WILL WORK IN CONCERT TO PRODUCE THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON MONDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TUESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO LITCHFIELD AND ALONG AND WEST OF A LITCHFIELD...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM SAINT CLOUD TO ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HUTCHINSON...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA....AND SAINT PETER. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A NEW ULM...TO MANKATO...TO OWATONNA LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON EXACTLY WHERE THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL TRACK...WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHERE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. MNZ041>043-047>050-055>058-071230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.100207T1800Z-100209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 1028 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-051-052-059>062-065>070-075>077-071230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100207T1800Z-100209T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 1028 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ074-082>085-091>093-071230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1028 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS... GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BAP
587 WWUS43 KMPX 071023 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 423 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A TWO TO TWO AND A HALF DAY SNOWFALL EVENT...WITH SOME COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE LENGTHY DURATION OF THE SNOW...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE INCREASING LIKELIHOOD TO PRODUCE A BROAD SWATH OF SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD. THESE LARGE SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE MOST CONFIDENT TO OCCUR FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS SOUTHWARD TO LITCHFIELD AND WILLMAR. LIKELIHOOD IS INCREASING FOR THESE HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO ALSO BE EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW OF AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES. SOME OF THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS EVENT ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE BY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH INTO THE DAKOTAS BY EARLY MONDAY...BEFORE SWINGING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA AND INTO ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY. THIS SLOW MOVEMENT IS THE PRIME REASON OF THE LONG DURATION SNOWFALL AND THE HEAVIER TOTAL AMOUNTS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON MONDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WOULD CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE. THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...WILLMAR...AND THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WATCH...FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS ALBERT LEA...CAMBRIDGE...HUTCHINSON...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS. WHILE CONFIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FOR THE AREA CONTINUES TO INCREASE...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON EXACTLY HOW THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ANOTHER WINTER STORM ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES ON MONDAY. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHERE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND LIKELY EXPANSION OF WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. MNZ041>043-047>050-055>058-071830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.100207T1800Z-100209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 423 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASING IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 10 AND 14 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-078-071830- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING 423 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ044-051-052-059-061-071830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-ANOKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... MONTICELLO...BLAINE 423 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ060-062-065>070-075>077-071830- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 423 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ074-082>085-091>093-071830- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 423 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTF/RAH
260 WWUS43 KMPX 071858 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1258 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A TWO TO TWO AND A HALF DAY SNOWFALL EVENT...WITH SOME COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE LENGTHY DURATION OF THE SNOW...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE INCREASING LIKELIHOOD TO PRODUCE A BROAD SWATH OF SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD. THESE LARGE SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE MOST CONFIDENT TO OCCUR FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS SOUTHWARD TO LITCHFIELD AND WILLMAR. LIKELIHOOD IS INCREASING FOR THESE HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO ALSO BE EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW OF AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES. SOME OF THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS EVENT ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WAS DEVELOPING...OR OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL. EXPECT THE SNOW TO INCREASE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH INTO THE DAKOTAS BY EARLY MONDAY... BEFORE SWINGING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA AND INTO ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY. THIS SLOW MOVEMENT IS THE PRIME REASON OF THE LONG DURATION SNOWFALL AND THE HEAVIER TOTAL AMOUNTS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WOULD CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE. THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...WILLMAR... AND THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WATCH...FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS ALBERT LEA...CAMBRIDGE...HUTCHINSON...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING...AND THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 90 CORRIDORS. WHILE CONFIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FOR THE AREA CONTINUES TO INCREASE...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON EXACTLY HOW THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ANOTHER WINTER STORM ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES ON MONDAY. IT DOES APPEAR THAT AN UPGRADE TO WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED FOR MORE OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND LIKELY EXPANSION OF WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. MNZ041>043-047>050-055>058-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 1258 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASING IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 10 AND 14 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND POSSIBLY PERSIST INTO TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-051-052-059-061-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-ANOKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... MONTICELLO...BLAINE 1258 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1258 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
775 WWUS43 KMPX 072115 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A TWO TO TWO AND A HALF DAY SNOWFALL EVENT...WITH SOME COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE LENGTHY DURATION OF THE SNOW...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE LIKELIHOOD TO PRODUCE A BROAD SWATH OF SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 11 INCHES OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD. THE LARGEST SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES...ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS...SOUTHWARD TO LITCHFIELD AND WILLMAR...TO MANKATO...ALBERT LEA AND FAIRMONT. THE WEST SIDE OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO WILL ALSO BE IN THE PATH OF SOME OF THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...INCLUDING PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL SEE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. EXPECT ACCUMULATING SNOW TO SPREAD FROM WESTERN MINNESOTA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY ON MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW MAY NOT DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE DAKOTAS BY EARLY MONDAY...BEFORE SWINGING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA AND INTO ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY. THIS SLOW MOVEMENT IS THE PRIME REASON OF THE LONG DURATION SNOWFALL AND THE HEAVIER TOTAL AMOUNTS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WOULD CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...WILLMAR... MORRIS...THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES...AND SOUTHWARD TO MANKATO...ALBERT LEA AND FAIRMONT. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES CANBY...MADISON...ONAMIA...CAMBRIDGE...FOREST LAKE...BALSAM LAKE...NEW RICHMOND...AND DURAND. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND LIKELY EXPANSION OF WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. MNZ060-062-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-080515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 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 HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051-059-061-080515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-ANOKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...BLAINE 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>050-055>058-080515- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASING IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 8 AND 11 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND POSSIBLY PERSIST INTO TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-052-080515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.100208T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...CAMBRIDGE 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ054-064-080515- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.100208T0000Z-100209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.100208T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM 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 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS 5 TO 7 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS BECOMING NORTH...AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG WINDS MAY PERSIST MONDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ045-053-WIZ014-080515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.100208T0000Z-100209T1200Z/ KANABEC-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS 4 TO 6 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ063-WIZ023>026-080515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.100208T0600Z-100209T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 315 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TWO DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS 4 TO 6 INCHES. 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. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 6, 3:14 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:14 AM CST, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
314 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010
.DISCUSSION...
PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR A LONG DURATION OF
ACCUMULATING SNOWS ACROSS THE AREA FROM SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY.
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN/T APPEAR THAT SNOW WILL BE PARTICULARLY INTENSE
AT ANY TIME DURING THE PERIOD... THE LONG DURATION OF SNOWFALL
COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TOTALS OVER A 36 TO 48 HOUR PERIOD.
LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CAN/T HELP BUT DRAW ONE/S EYES TOWARD
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WHERE RAPID CYCLOGENESIS IS IN FULL SWING.
BUT... CLOSER TO HOME SOME WEAK RIDGING IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA... BETWEEN THE EAST COAST TROUGH
AND THE SHORTWAVE SEEN OVER THE DAKOTAS. THE FEATURE OVER THE
DAKOTAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND GENERALLY SHEAR OUT OVER THE UPCOMING
24 HOURS AS WEAK ISENTROPIC ASCENT PERSISTS OVER THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. MOISTURE DEPTH SHOULD REMAIN
SUFFICIENT TO KEEP SOME LIGHT SNOW GOING OVER THAT AREA THOUGH THE
DAY. THE EASTERN CWFA WILL BE A BIT TRICKY... SINCE SOME HOLES IN
THE CLOUD DECK HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED TO OUR NORTHEAST AND
SOUTHEAST... AND WE COULD SEE SOME OF THIS WORK INTO OUR AREA FROM
THE EAST AS SOME DRIER 850-700MB AIR IS ADVECTED IN THIS MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW AM STILL LEANING TOWARD A MOSTLY CLOUDY
FORECAST FOR THE DAY... BUT MAY NEED TO TWEAK THINGS A BIT ACROSS
THE EAST DEPENDING ON HOW THE SITUATION EVOLVES OVER THE NEXT HOUR
OR SO.
BEYOND TODAY... ATTENTION TURNS TOWARD THE SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY
DROPPING SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF HUDSON BAY. THIS FEATURE
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIVE SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD TODAY THROUGH
SUNDAY... THEN WORK THROUGH THE EASTERN DAKOTAS SUNDAY NIGHT
BEFORE EVENTUALLY SWINGING EASTWARD MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE
VARIOUS MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON THIS FEATURE/S
SOUTHWARD JOURNEY... BUT SOLUTIONS VARY QUITE A BIT ON WHEN AND
WHERE IT WILL START TO CURVE BACK TO THE EAST. THIS WILL HAVE A
SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON WHERE THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST PCPN LAYS OUT...
SINCE THE GREATEST PCPN TOTALS WILL LIKELY WIND UP ON THE
NORTHEAST PERIPHERY OF ITS PIVOT POINT. THE 00Z ECMWF WAS
SUBSTANTIALLY SOUTH OF ITS PREVIOUS SOLUTION AND IS AN OUTLIER IN
COMPARISON TO THE OTHER GUIDANCE... ALTHOUGH THE GFS ALSO TRENDED
SLIGHTLY SOUTH. AT THIS POINT... AN ENSEMBLE APPROACH SEEMS
BEST... WITH A BLEND OF THE NAM... GFS... ECMWF... AND CANADIAN
SOLUTIONS GENERALLY BEING USED. WITH THIS APPROACH... NAILING DOWN
SPECIFICS IS FAIRLY TOUGH AT THIS POINT... BUT THAT SHOULD BECOME
A BETTER POSSIBILITY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER... GIVEN THE
LONG DURATION OF AT LEAST LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWS... WILL ISSUE A
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PART OF THE AREA WHICH APPEARS MOST LIKELY
TO SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AT THIS POINT AND WHERE IT WILL BEGIN ON
SUNDAY.
ANY BREAKUP OF CLOUDS WHICH IS ABLE TO OCCUR OVER THE EAST TODAY
SHOULD BE FILLED BACK IN TONIGHT AS 850-700MB FLOW BECOMES
WESTERLY AGAIN. WARM ADVECTION WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN EARNEST
ON SUNDAY... ALONG WITH SOME GOOD 500-300MB DVPA BY AFTERNOON AS
THE CANADIAN SHORTWAVE DROPS SOUTH. THE WARM ADVECTION IS DEPICTED
NICELY BY THE 280K AND 285K ISENTROPIC SURFACES... AND THESE SHOW
A VERY LONG DURATION OF MODERATE ISENTROPIC ASCENT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY AND EVEN
INTO MONDAY EVENING. LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS... IN THE 950-900MB
LAYER... IS IMPRESSIVE BY MONDAY AS THE HEART OF UPPER PV ANOMALY
DROPS THROUGH THE EASTERN DAKOTAS TOWARD IOWA. CROSS-SECTIONS
SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR COUPLING OF THIS CIRCULATION WITH
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIVERGENCE IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION
OF THE UPPER JET. WE SHOULD SEE SOME INTENSIFICATION OF A SURFACE
WAVE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE INVERTED TROUGH THAT WILL BE
PRESENT OVER OUR AREA GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE PV ANOMALY AND THE
DEPTH TO WHICH IT IS PROGGED TO DESCEND INTO THE TROPOSPHERE...
GETTING DOWN TO BELOW 700MB. THIS COULD HELP FURTHER ENHANCE SOME
OF THE PCPN ACROSS PORTION OF THE AREA ON MONDAY... ALTHOUGH MUCH
WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THE UPPER ANOMALY DECIDES TO PIVOT EASTWARD.
OVERALL... IT APPEARS STORM TOTAL PCPN SHOULD MAX OUT AROUND
.75-1.0 INCHES... WHICH COULD EASILY PRODUCE STORM TOTAL SNOWS OF
A FOOT GIVEN THE FAIRLY COLD AIRMASS AND EXPECTATIONS OF GOOD
SNOW/LIQUID RATIOS... BUT TOUGH TO SAY WHERE THAT WOULD EXACTLY
WIND UP AT THIS POINT. IN ADDITION... WITH MIXING RATIOS ONLY
RUNNING AROUND 2 G/KG ON THE 280K SURFACE... WILL BE TOUGH TO SEE
ANY WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF MORE THAN 4 INCHES PER SIX HOURS... SO 8
INCHES IN 24 HOURS MAY ALSO BE TOUGH TO COME BY. BUT... WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTALS OF OVER 10 INCHES... AND WITH THINGS
ARRIVING AT THE START OF THE WORKWEEK... THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS
WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A WATCH... WHICH MAY LATER BE EXPANDED
AND/OR EVOLVE INTO WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS
DURING THE FALLING SNOW LOOK TO BE OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF
THE AREA... WITH THE MOST INTENSE WINDS LOOKING LIKE THEY WILL
STAY OVER THE DAKOTAS. HOWEVER... WINDS SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE
ENTIRE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW GIVEN ITS EXPECTED LOW DENSITY.
THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO WIND DOWN BY TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES
EASTWARD TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY... ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THERE WILL
STILL BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND FORCING TO KEEP SOME SNOW GOING
ACROSS THE AREA FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. DID NOT MAKE ANY
CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST BEYOND TUESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
PERSISTENT BUT FAIRLY WK UVV ACRS E DKTS INTO W MN VCNTY UPR LOW
SPINNING IN NODAK WILL CONT PRDS -SN MAINLY KAXN...BUT ALSO INTO
KRWF PRBLY INTO MID MRNG HRS SAT. XPCT GNRLY IFR CONDS AT LEAST NEXT
12 HRS WITH COMBO OF -SN AND BR. METARS SHWG WDLY SCT MIXED
PCPN...PRBLY SOME -ZL OCNL MIXED WITH THE -SN. MPX/ABR 00Z SOUNDING
GIVE SOME SUPPORT TO THIS. THIS MAY AFFECT MAINLY RWF/AXN...BUT WL
PRBLY NOT INTRO INTO TAFS ATTM. NE WNDS OFF LAKE SUPERIOR HAVE BEEN
BEEN BRINGING DOWN CIGS IN 1500 TO 2500 FT RANGE. EXPCT THESE TO
OVERSPREAD REMAINING TAFS NEXT FEW HRS.
KMSP...BTWN 06Z-08Z XPCT CIGS IN 15-25 HUNDRED FOOT RANGE TO SPREAD
INTO MSP AS CLOUDS ADVECT IN OFF LK SUPERIOR. NELY FLOW WKNS DRNG
LATER PART OF MRNG WHICH MAY ALLOW CLDS TO BCM MORE SCT...BUT LEVEL
OF CONFIDENCE NOT REAL HIGH. GNRLY ENE WNDS THRU MOST OF TAF PRD
WITH WNDS BCMG MR SELY SAT EVE AS LOW PRES TROF DVLPS IN E DKTS/W
MN..
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY
NIGHT FOR ANOKA-CARVER-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-LE SUEUR-
MCLEOD-MILLE LACS-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-
SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-WRIGHT.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR BENTON-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MORRISON-POPE-
STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD.
WI...NONE.
&&
TRH/BAPHazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 9:44 AM CST, 18 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 944 AM CST FRI FEB 5 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 061545- 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- 944 AM CST FRI FEB 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...WHERE THE SNOW WILL LINGER THE LONGEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY TRACK THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FOR THIS THREE DAY PERIOD. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW....SO KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGES TO THE FORECAST IN THE COMING DAYS FOR THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 31 more | 69 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.