Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 21, 2011, 3:20 PM CDT for 28 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2011, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 34 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 9:50 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Mar 22, 10:42 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Mar 22, 11:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | 3 N Menomonie, WI | THUNDER SNOW/SLEET REPORTED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS |
| Mar 23, 12:11 AM CDT | SNOW 4.7 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Mar 23, 2:31 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Alexandria, MN | DOUGLAS DISPATCH REPORTED 6-7 INCHES IN ALEXANDRIA WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Mar 23, 2:31 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Alexandria, MN | DOUGLAS DISPATCH REPORTED 6-7 INCHES IN ALEXANDRIA WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Mar 23, 3:45 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Annandale, MN | |
| Mar 23, 4:07 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Albany, MN | KASM |
| Mar 23, 4:28 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | 5 Ne Forest, WI | |
| Mar 23, 5:27 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Mar 23, 5:30 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | Carlos, MN | |
| Mar 23, 5:56 AM CDT | SNOW 7.6 | 1 N Cameron, WI | |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Kimball, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Nw Roseville, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.6 | Waconia, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Minneapolis, MN | MEASURED AT LOWER ST ANTHONY LOCK AND DAM |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.4 | 1 Wnw Rockford, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | 1 E St Michael, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.1 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 2 N Willmar, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 3 Wsw Princeton, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 3 E East Farmington, WI | |
| Mar 23, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 10.3 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:40 AM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:54 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | 2 N Menomonie, WI | |
| Mar 23, 6:55 AM CDT | SNOW 1.6 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:55 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Mar 23, 6:55 AM CDT | SNOW 4.6 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Baldwin, WI | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.4 | 2 Sse Greenfield, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Long Lake, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.6 | Rice, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.9 | Fridley, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.2 | 5 Ne Forest Lake, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 4 E St Francis, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Dayton, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 2 Wsw Rice, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 2 N Glen Flora, WI | MEASURED AT BIG FALLS HYDRO PLANT |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8.5 | Montevideo, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8.5 | Mora, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 3 Ne Rush City, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 9.2 | Jim Falls, WI | |
| Mar 23, 7:15 AM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | Chaska, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:22 AM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | 5 Sw St Paul, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:22 AM CDT | SNOW 5.3 | St Stephen, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:23 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 4 Sse Silver Creek, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:24 AM CDT | SNOW 8.2 | Bowlus, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:29 AM CDT | SNOW 10.8 | 12 N Bruce, WI | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Watertown, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 5.2 | St Cloud, MN | SCSU |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | 9 Nne Bird Island, MN | COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Mar 23, 7:45 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Morgan, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:45 AM CDT | SNOW 5.2 | Murdock, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:50 AM CDT | SNOW 3.8 | Lester Prairie, MN | |
| Mar 23, 7:52 AM CDT | SNOW 11 | 5 N Isle, MN | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.3 | Roberts, WI | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | St Paul, MN | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.8 | Morris, MN | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.8 | Fridley, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
595 WWUS43 KMPX 212020 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 320 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MILACA...CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA...AND OSCEOLA TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...WITH HEAVY WET SNOW DEVELOPING BY TUESDAY EVENING LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY IN THE WARNED AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. THERE COULD BE A COATING OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... WITH 6 TO 11 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. A POTENT STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT...AND WORK ACROSS IOWA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARMER AREA OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND MIXED SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WET SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN IN THE COOLER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TUESDAY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-220430- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.110322T1200Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0015.110322T1200Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 320 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH AND ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE. 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
526 WWUS43 KMPX 220252 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 952 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MILACA...CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA...AND OSCEOLA TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN WHERE 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES WEDNESDAY EVENING. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM NOW IN THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...WITH HEAVY WET SNOW DEVELOPING BY TUESDAY EVENING LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY IN THE WARNED AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. THERE COULD BE A COATING OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... WITH 6 TO 11 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TUESDAY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-221100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.110322T1200Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 952 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH AND ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE. 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. && $$
227 WWUS43 KMPX 220946 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 446 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MILACA...TO CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA...AND OSCEOLA TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN WHERE 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES WEDNESDAY EVENING. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL TREK INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A MIXED BAG OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO THE TWIN CITIES TODAY. RAINFALL OR A WINTRY MIX WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT AS COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND THE DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING MAINLY NORTH OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO ZIMMERMAN TO BLOOMER LINE. THERE COULD BE A COATING OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH 6 TO 11 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER THE WARNED AREA PERSISTS INTO THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-221800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.110322T1200Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 446 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH AND ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE. 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. && $$ AZ
265 WWUS43 KMPX 220954 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 454 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MILACA...TO CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA...AND OSCEOLA TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN WHERE 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES WEDNESDAY EVENING. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL TREK INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A MIXED BAG OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO THE TWIN CITIES TODAY. RAINFALL OR A WINTRY MIX WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT AS COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND THE DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING MAINLY NORTH OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO ZIMMERMAN TO BLOOMER LINE. THERE COULD BE A COATING OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WELL. SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH 6 TO 11 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER THE WARNED AREA PERSISTS INTO THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-221815- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.110322T1200Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 454 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH AND ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE. 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. && $$ AZ
932 WWUS43 KMPX 221733 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1233 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASEN HAS EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...SAINT CLOUD...WHITE BEAR LAKE IN MINNESOTA AND NEW RICHMOND...COLFAX TO STANLEY IN WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS ENDING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING COULD VARY FROM SIX TO ELEVEN INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA...WILL TRACK EAST OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MNZ047>049-051-054>057-061-063-WIZ023-025-230300- /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0015.110323T0300Z-110324T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...BLAINE... STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 1233 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-230300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1233 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ058>060-062-064>066-068-WIZ024-026-028-230300- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.110323T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- CARVER-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1233 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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. && $$
770 WWUS43 KMPX 230234 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO COVER ADDITIONAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL INCLUDE MORE OF THE TWIN CITIES AREA...AND POINTS WEST TO MONTICELLO TO LITCHFIELD. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS FROM GAYLORD TO SHAKOPEE TO HASTINGS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING NOW INCLUDES AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO LITCHFIELD...TO MINNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL...TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN... WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH THE MORE INTENSE SNOW FROM ABOUT 2 AM UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS ENDING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING COULD VARY FROM SIX TO ELEVEN INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA..WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF IOWA TOWARD NORTHERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MNZ058>060-062-231045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.110323T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0015.110323T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-231045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BECOMING ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047>049-051-054>057-061-063-WIZ023-025-231045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.110323T0300Z-110324T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...BLAINE... STILLWATER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ067-069-070-231045- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.110323T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ SIBLEY-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ MNZ064>066-068-WIZ024-026-028-231045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.110323T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-CARVER-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... CHASKA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 934 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
734 WWUS43 KMPX 230939 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 439 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL...OVER TO CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE WARNING SOUTH TO A GRANITE FALLS...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AND EAU CLAIRE LINE. OVERNIGHT...OBSERVERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE REPORTED SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...WHILE THE ADVISORY REGION HAS SEEN 1 TO 4 INCHES. SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS BY THIS EVENING UP TO 6 TO 11 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH ST. CLOUD AND INTO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. MAINLY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN SEEN MOST OF THE NIGHT...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW BEING REPORTED. THIS HAS LED TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND WILL LEAD TO A DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. MNZ041>045-047>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-231745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 439 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ064>070-WIZ024-026-028-231745- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 439 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
255 WWUS43 KMPX 231423 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 923 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING EXPANDED FROM THE SOUTHWEST METRO THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS AND GRANITE FALLS... .A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR CARVER...MCLEOD...SIBLEY...RENVILLE...REDWOOD AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES. A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA IS CAUSING HEAVY SNOW IN THE WARNING AREA. MANY LOCATIONS FROM HUTCHINSON THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS AND GRANITE FALLS HAVE HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY APPROACH A FOOT IN SOME AREAS. COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM TODAY WILL BE BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS A GOOD PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN REPORTED FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR BROWN... NICOLLET...LE SUEUR...RICE...AND GOODHUE COUNTIES...OR FROM NEW ULM THROUGH RED WING. SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. FINALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON EAST THROUGH RIVER FALLS AND EAU CLAIRE. SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE TODAY. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS TODAY. MNZ064>068-232230- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA 923 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERABLE 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. && $$ MNZ073-232230- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 923 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH TODAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-232230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 923 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH TODAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ074>078-232230- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING 923 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW...BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES...TO PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW BY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-070-WIZ024-026-028-232230- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 923 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW...BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT SNOW BY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH/MTF
636 WWUS43 KMPX 232056 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 356 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 A WINTER STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION WITH SNOW DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>068-073-232200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS 356 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. $$ MNZ074>078-232200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING 356 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL END BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. $$ MNZ045-052-053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-240000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 356 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ069-070-WIZ024-026-028-240000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 356 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 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. && $$
629 WWUS43 KMPX 240003 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 703 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SNOW HAS DIMINISHED THIS EVENING... .THE STORM THAT BROUGHT THE SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND TODAY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A FEW FLURRIES MAY LINGER IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. MNZ045-052-053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-240115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 703 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ MNZ069-070-WIZ024-026-028-240115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 703 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 11:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 24 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:30 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 8 more | 7 days |
| Mar 21, 5:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 54 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.