Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 30, 2011, 4:01 AM CST for 20 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 30, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 28 hr. 42 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2011, 4:01 AM CST (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2011, 9:58 PM CST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 10:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Jan 30, 10:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Jan 31, 2:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Wsw St James, MN | |
| Jan 31, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Montgomery, MN | |
| Jan 31, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Jan 31, 5:26 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Jan 31, 5:51 AM CST | SNOW 3.9 | Madelia, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Jan 31, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Blue Earth, MN | |
| Jan 31, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Willmar, MN | |
| Jan 31, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Bird Island, MN | |
| Jan 31, 6:42 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0 | 1 Nnw Springfield, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 4 W Owatonna, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nnw Springfield, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.2 | Ssw Montevideo, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:14 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Jan 31, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Morgan, MN | |
| Jan 31, 8:13 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Mankato, MN | |
| Jan 31, 9:06 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Madelia, MN | |
| Jan 31, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Murdock, MN | |
| Jan 31, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Springfield, MN | 0.37 OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Jan 31, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Benson, MN | |
| Jan 31, 10:46 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Mankato, MN | |
| Jan 31, 11:06 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Brownton, MN | |
| Jan 31, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 9.5 | Madelia, MN | |
| Jan 31, 1:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Jan 31, 2:12 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Winnebago, MN | |
| Jan 31, 2:14 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Mankato, MN | |
| Jan 31, 2:33 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Wsw St James, MN | |
| Jan 31, 2:53 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Jan 31, 3:32 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Jan 31, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Mankato, MN | |
| Jan 31, 4:21 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 9 Sw Granite Falls, MN | |
| Jan 31, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Vesta, MN | |
| Jan 31, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Jan 31, 5:16 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Sacred Heart, MN | |
| Jan 31, 5:18 PM CST | SNOW 12 | S Madelia, MN | STORM TOTAL |
| Jan 31, 5:38 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Willmar, MN | TOTAL SO FAR |
| Jan 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Jan 31, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Mankato, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
611 WWUS43 KMPX 301001 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION SNOWFALL EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM WEST CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF AN APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA LINE...AND SOUTH TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER....WHERE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. TWENTY FOUR HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE REGION. LIGHTER SNOWFALLS WILL OCCUR LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OUT OF NORTHEAST ON MONDAY. GIVEN THE FLUFFY NATURE OF THE SNOW... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CREATE SOME PROBLEMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SNOWFALL COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE AND THOSE TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE FORECAST AS THIS SYSTEM EVOLVES. MNZ054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-301800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING 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 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ MNZ058-066-301800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-301800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...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. * TIMING...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-301800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 401 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
643 WWUS43 KMPX 301759 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOWFALL EVENT BEGINNING THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOWFALLS WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-310200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-310200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-310200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RAH/MTF
642 WWUS43 KMPX 302011 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOWFALL EVENT BEGINNING THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TODD AND MORRISON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOWFALLS WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MAINLY WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-310415- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-043-310415- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...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. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-310415- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-310415- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 211 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RAH
560 WWUS43 KMPX 310339 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...SNOW INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND THIS TREND WILL DEVELOP FARTHER EAST OVERNIGHT...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS. EXPECT THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MAINLY WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-311145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...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 CONTINUING OVERNIGHT...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-311145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-311145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110131T0600Z-110201T1200Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 939 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
020 WWUS43 KMPX 310906 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND THEN BECOME SLIGHTLY LIGHTER THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MAINLY WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING COMMUTES. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-311715- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 306 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...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 CONTINUING THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GUST TO IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-311715- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 306 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL TIMES WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
750 WWUS43 KMPX 311617 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1017 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SNOW TO PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON...TO WILLMAR...TO LITCHFIELD...TO OWATONNA. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 9 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA... ESPECIALLY NEAR NEW ULM...MANKATO AND ST PETER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER...FROM GRANITE FALLS TO ST PETER ON SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH AND EAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THIS EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THOSE TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-010030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1017 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...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 CONTINUING TODAY...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-010030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1017 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RAH/MTF
502 WWUS43 KMPX 312144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SNOW THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL GIVE WAY TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE AN INCH OR TWO...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS REACHING 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW. THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH LOCAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THAT SURROUNDS THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW...MAINLY LIGHT...WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH TO FLURRIES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-010545- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110201T0600Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING: * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN END DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...POCKETS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY POSSIBLE AT TIMES ON TUESDAY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ055-057-058-066-067-076-010545- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN END DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-010545- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 344 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THEN END DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT...NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE UP TO AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RAH/MTF
569 WWUS43 KMPX 010358 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .THE SNOW HAD DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE REST OF TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOES IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND RUNS THROUGH TUESDAY...FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF NEW FALLEN SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS IN WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE AT TIME. EAST AND WEST BOUND ROADS COULD BECOME VERY SLICK AND COMPACTED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-011200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.110201T0600Z-110202T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CAN CELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING...LATER TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY...REDWOOD FALLS TO ALBERT LEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ055-057-058-066-067-076-010500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING...THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW HAD ENDED OR DIMINISH TO SCATTERED FLURRIES. $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ023>026-028-010500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 958 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 26 more | 65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.