Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Feb 19, 2011, 9:34 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 20, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 16 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
- Feb 19, 2011, 9:34 PM CST (03:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2011, 4:23 AM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 10:23 AM CST | SNOW 3 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Feb 20, 10:23 AM CST | SNOW 4 | North Mankato, MN | |
| Feb 20, 10:23 AM CST | SNOW 4 | St Peter, MN | |
| Feb 20, 10:38 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Ssw Montevideo, MN | |
| Feb 20, 10:38 AM CST | SNOW 8.3 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:17 AM CST | SNOW 7 | North Mankato, MN | |
| Feb 20, 2:47 PM CST | SNOW 7 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Willmar, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 1 Ssw Montevideo, MN | SNOWFALL SO FAR... |
| Feb 20, 5:12 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 Nw Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Springfield, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 10 | St Peter, MN | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 20, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 10.5 | 1 Ssw Montevideo, MN | SNOWFALL SO FAR... |
| Feb 20, 8:58 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Winthrop, 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 516 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
111 WWUS43 KMPX 200334 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 934 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...STORM SYSTEM BECOMING WORSE WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING... ...ONSET OF PRECIPITATION A BIT SLOWER BUT STILL EXPECTED BY SUNRISE ACROSS A WIDE AREA OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM MINNESOTA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 12 NOON MONDAY. DEEP MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVERNIGHT. A DRY LAYER ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL ALLOW FOR THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION TO HOLD OFF UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. HOWEVER...BY MID TO LATE MORNING...A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS. DUE TO THE STRONGER WINDS ANTICIPATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AROUND 5000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE...WILL AID IN THE FORMATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA...SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER. HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN THE SAME WITH A WIDE BAND 8 TO 15 INCHES LIKELY FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MORA. AREAS ALONG THE IOWA BORDER CAN EXPECT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES...FROM LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TO TWO TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE BLIZZARD WARNED AREA AND CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DUE TO THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...THE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH NOON MONDAY. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO LESSEN THE WINDS AND END THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-201200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 934 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 15 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MORA. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-201200- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T0600Z-110220T1200Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 934 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE PREDOMINATE WEATHER TYPE WILL BE SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 15 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-201200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T0600Z-110221T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 934 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ALONG THE IOWA BORDER...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 8 INCH NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 201200- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 934 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 15 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JLT
7 follow-up statements
958 WWUS43 KMPX 201037 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY... ...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM MINNESOTA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY. A LARGE AREA OF MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MOVING TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WHILE SNOW GRADUALLY DEVELOPS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT SNOW TO BECOME HEAVY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA..LEADING TO ICY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AND TREES. THE GREATEST RISK OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND MONDAY MORNING...BUT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOW...IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO...TOWARD EASTERN IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT. MNZ064-065-067-073>075-201845- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY BY AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE PREDOMINATE WEATHER TYPE WILL BE SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 15 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE MANKATO AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-201845- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0014.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THOUGH THE DAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF MANKATO AND WASECA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 BY AFTERNOON...BUT ONLY NEAR AN INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-201845- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 7 TO 14 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 201845- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 13 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
561 WWUS43 KMPX 201821 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...VERY HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA... .AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN AREAS SUCH AS ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...MANKATO...NEW ULM...AND ST. JAMES. HEAVY SNOW IS SPREADING NORTH AND EXPANDING INTO THE EAU CLAIRE AREA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND AREAS FROM HUTCHINSON TO WILLMAR TO MONTEVIDEO. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY EVENING MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO DES MOINES THIS EVENING AND THEN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-210230- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW INTO MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 7 TO 14 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 210230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 13 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY WITH PERIODS OF SNOW INTO MONDAY. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF MANKATO AND WASECA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND 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. && $$ BAP
907 WWUS43 KMPX 202333 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 533 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WAVES OF HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING... ...THUNDER SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS TWO-THREE INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE... .SINCE 2 PM...HEAVY SNOWFALL BANDS HAVE MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH LOCALLY 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SINCE 3 PM...WITH MAINLY AREAS FROM ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO RED WING REPORTING A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW HAS BEGUN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A PERSISTENT DRY EASTERLY FLOW PREVAILEDF EARLIER TODAY...ALLOWED FOR ONLY A FEW FLURRIES UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL GRADUALLY SEE MORE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES INCREASING TO ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. FROM WEST CENTRAL...EASTWARD TO THE TWIN CITIES...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH RATES AS HIGH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN THESE AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA WHERE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL EXIST. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT SNOWFALL RATES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY TOWARD MORNING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING FROM WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING...AND INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-210545- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 533 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW INTO MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MONDAY ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 14 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 210545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 533 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 15 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 533 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...TURNING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF MANKATO...WASECA TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JLT
862 WWUS43 KMPX 210013 AAA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 613 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...THUNDER SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS TWO-THREE INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE... .SINCE 2 PM...HEAVY SNOWFALL BANDS HAVE MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH LOCALLY 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SINCE 3 PM...WITH MAINLY AREAS FROM ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO RED WING REPORTING A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW HAS BEGUN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE A PERSISTENT DRY EASTERLY FLOW PREVAILEDF EARLIER TODAY...ALLOWED FOR ONLY A FEW FLURRIES UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL GRADUALLY SEE MORE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES INCREASING TO ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. FROM WEST CENTRAL...EASTWARD TO THE TWIN CITIES...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH RATES AS HIGH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN THESE AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA WHERE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL EXIST. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT SNOWFALL RATES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY TOWARD MORNING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING FROM WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING...AND INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-210515- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 613 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW INTO MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MONDAY ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 14 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 210515- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 613 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 15 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210515- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 613 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...TURNING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF MANKATO...WASECA TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND 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. && $$
088 WWUS43 KMPX 210255 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 855 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUING MOST LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT WITH EXCEPTION OF LIGHTER SNOWFALL AND FREEZING DRIZZLEG OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HEAVY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA WHERE LOCALLY 10 TO 13 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE EARLY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL BANDS HAVE SHIFTED NORTHWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL BANDS ENDED. HOWEVER...LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE MORE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT...WITH AMOUNTS LOCALLY TWO TO FIVE INCHES BY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN TODAY IS CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE BLIZZARD WARNED AREA. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO NEW ULM. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL RATES WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING FROM CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING...AND INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-210900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 855 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 210900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 855 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 855 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JLT
012 WWUS43 KMPX 210307 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 907 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUING MOST LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT WITH EXCEPTION OF LIGHTER SNOWFALL AND FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HEAVY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA WHERE LOCALLY 10 TO 13 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE EARLY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL BANDS HAVE SHIFTED NORTHWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL BANDS ENDED. HOWEVER...LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE MORE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT... WITH AMOUNTS LOCALLY TWO TO FIVE INCHES BY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN TODAY IS CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN THE BLIZZARD WARNED AREA. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO NEW ULM. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL RATES WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING FROM CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING...AND INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-211115- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 907 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 211115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 907 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES... WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-211115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 907 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND 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. && $$
314 WWUS43 KMPX 211023 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TAPERING OFF TODAY AND LIGHTER SNOWFALL AND FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW WAS TAPERING OFF OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL PART OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HERE... MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THE AREA NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...CAMBRIDGE...OSCEOLA AND LADYSMITH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MORNING OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST OF A LINE FROM ST CLOUD TO REDWOOD FALLS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR DURING THE MORNING ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR TODAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AREAS OF FREEING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS IOWA AND OVER ILLINOIS TODAY. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-211800- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.110221T1023Z-110221T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MORNING WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ067-211830- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.110221T1023Z-110222T0000Z/ SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAYLORD 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL INTO THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ074-075-211830- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.110221T1023Z-110222T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING OR AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-211800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.110221T1023Z-110221T1800Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 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. && $$ MNZ050-051-059>063-066-068>070-WIZ023>028-211830- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.110221T1023Z-110222T0000Z/ BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING TODAY ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-211830- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.110221T1023Z-110222T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ077-078-211830- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.110221T1023Z-110222T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE PRODUCING LIGHT GLAZE WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ043>045-052-053-WIZ014>016-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH 423 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL BRING SNOWFALL TOTALS TO THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every blizzard warning in 2011
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.