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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 27, 2012, 3:15 PM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 27, 2012, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 7:25 PM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 W Phillips, WI | |
| Feb 28, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Sarona, WI | |
| Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Webb Lake, WI | SNOWFALL RATE HALF INCH IN ONE HOUR. |
| Feb 28, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 W Hinckley, MN | |
| Feb 28, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | S Phillips, WI | |
| Feb 28, 9:50 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Sandstone, MN | ONE INCH IN ONE HOUR. |
| Feb 28, 10:27 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 4 Ssw Bruno, MN | |
| Feb 28, 10:27 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Sw Hinckley, MN | HEAVY SNOW FALLING |
| Feb 28, 10:58 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 8 S Hayward, WI | |
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 9 E Webster, WI | |
| Feb 28, 11:40 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | S Phillips, WI | .25 MILES SOUTH |
| Feb 28, 11:42 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 S Hinckley, MN | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Gordon, WI | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 10 N Floodwood, MN | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Sw Phillips, WI | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Cable, WI | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 13 | 12 W Drummond, WI | IN TOWN OF BARNES |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Drummond, WI | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 14.5 | 8 S Hayward, WI | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 20 | 18 E Hinckley, MN | |
| Feb 29, 1:50 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Deerwood, MN | OVER PAST 4 HOURS |
| Feb 29, 2:13 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Winter, WI | ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES SO FAR. |
| Feb 29, 4:12 AM CST | SNOW 12 | 2 E Butternut, WI | |
| Feb 29, 4:59 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Ashland, WI | |
| Feb 29, 5:25 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 5 Nw Duluth, MN | MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW |
| Feb 29, 5:28 AM CST | SNOW 7.1 | 4 N Grantsburg, WI | |
| Feb 29, 5:33 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Holyoke, MN | |
| Feb 29, 5:36 AM CST | SNOW 8.2 | Phillips, WI | |
| Feb 29, 5:45 AM CST | SNOW 10.8 | Sarona, WI | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 5:49 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Drummond, WI | HEAVY SNOW |
| Feb 29, 5:57 AM CST | SNOW 10.8 | Sarona, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR, STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 6:06 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 5 Sw Cable, WI | |
| Feb 29, 6:17 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 N Brainerd, MN | |
| Feb 29, 6:17 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Sandstone, MN | |
| Feb 29, 6:38 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 S Brainerd, MN | |
| Feb 29, 6:54 AM CST | SNOW 2.6 | 5 Nw Duluth, MN | 1.4 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Tamarack, MN | |
| Feb 29, 7:02 AM CST | SNOW 9.8 | 2 W Hayward, WI | |
| Feb 29, 7:04 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Holyoke, MN | 0.6 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 29, 7:04 AM CST | SNOW 3.9 | Ashland, WI | |
| Feb 29, 7:07 AM CST | SNOW 10 | 5 Sw Cable, WI | 2.O INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL IN THE PREVIOUS ONE HOUR. |
| Feb 29, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 11 | 8 S Hayward, WI | |
| Feb 29, 7:21 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 13 Ne Webster, WI | |
| Feb 29, 7:24 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Alborn, MN | |
| Feb 29, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Washburn, WI | WET SNOW |
| Feb 29, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Brainerd, MN | BLOWING AND DRFITING. HWY 210 BETWEEN STAPLES AND BRAINERD IS ICE COVERED. |
| Feb 29, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Finlayson, MN | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 29, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 15.5 | 5 Sw Phillips, WI | |
| Feb 29, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Mellen, WI | |
| Feb 29, 7:42 AM CST | SNOW 11.7 | 4 N Grantsburg, WI | |
| Feb 29, 7:43 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | 2 N Sandstone, MN | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY |
| Feb 29, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Ne Nisswa, MN | |
| Feb 29, 7:57 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 5 Nw Duluth, MN | 1.1 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL IN THE PREVIOUS HOUR. |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Gurney, WI | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Hurley, WI | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 13.5 | 5 Sw Cable, WI | |
| Feb 29, 8:01 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 S Herbster, WI | |
| Feb 29, 8:09 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 4 W Washburn, WI | |
| Feb 29, 8:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Holyoke, MN | |
| Feb 29, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 9 | 3 W Phillips, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313 WWUS43 KDLH 272115 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 315 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. BY FAR THE STRONGEST STORM OF THE SEASON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2...AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. MNZ025-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-280515- /O.UPG.KDLH.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 315 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION...INCLUDING THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...AITKIN...SIREN... GRANTSBURG...ASHLAND...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS AND PARK FALLS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL GREATER THAN 14 INCHES IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PINE RIVER TO MOOSE LAKE TO HAYWARD. NINE TO 13 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG A NARROW CORRIDOR FROM LEECH LAKE TO HILL CITY TO DULUTH TO ASHLAND. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND THE WIND AND SNOW COMBINATION WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ012-018>021-026-280515- /O.NEW.KDLH.WS.A.0003.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 315 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A STRONG STORM IMPACTS FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL COULD REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...FROM ITASCA COUNTY EASTWARD TO VIRGINIA AND GRAND MARAIS. * IMPACTS...GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES AND SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE QUICKLY ON AREA ROADS IN STRONGER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM VIA LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ TENTINGER
12 follow-up statements
043 WWUS43 KDLH 280358 AAB WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 958 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. BY FAR THE STRONGEST STORM OF THE SEASON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2...AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. MNZ025-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-281200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 958 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...MILLE LACS LAKE...SIREN...SPOONER...ASHLAND...HAYWARD LAKES...HURLEY AND PARK FALLS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL GREATER THAN 14 INCHES IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PINE RIVER TO MOOSE LAKE TO HAYWARD. NINE TO 13 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG A NARROW CORRIDOR FROM LEECH LAKE TO HILL CITY TO DULUTH TO ASHLAND. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE. && $$ MNZ012-018>021-026-281200- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.A.0003.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 958 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A STRONG STORM IMPACTS FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL COULD REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...FROM ITASCA COUNTY EASTWARD TO VIRGINIA AND GRAND MARAIS. * IMPACTS...GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES AND SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE QUICKLY ON AREA ROADS IN STRONGER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM VIA LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ GRANING
210 WWUS43 KDLH 280935 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 335 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY FAR THE STRONGEST STORM OF THE SEASON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG THE NORTHSHORE...AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. MNZ012-018>021-026-281800- /O.UPG.KDLH.WS.A.0003.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 335 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GRAND RAPIDS...VIRGINA...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY AND GRAND MARAIS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 T0 13 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ025-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-281800- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 335 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...MILLE LACS LAKE... SIREN... SPOONER...ASHLAND...HAYWARD LAKES...HURLEY AND PARK FALLS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 T0 15 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ010-011-281800- /O.NEW.KDLH.WW.Y.0009.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY 335 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION AND TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIG FALLS...ORR AND ELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 4 T0 8 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ BERDES
008 WWUS43 KDLH 281551 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 951 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY FAR THE STRONGEST STORM OF THE SEASON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG THE NORTHSHORE...AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. MNZ025-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-290000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 951 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...MILLE LACS LAKE... SIREN... SPOONER...ASHLAND...HAYWARD LAKES...HURLEY AND PARK FALLS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 T0 15 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ012-018>021-026-290000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 951 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GRAND RAPIDS...VIRGINA...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY AND GRAND MARAIS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 T0 13 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ010-011-290000- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0009.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY 951 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIG FALLS...ORR AND ELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 4 T0 6 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ BJT
416 WWUS43 KDLH 282137 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 337 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG THE NORTHSHORE...AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. MNZ025-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-290545- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 337 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...MILLE LACS LAKE... SIREN... SPOONER...ASHLAND...HAYWARD LAKES...HURLEY AND PARK FALLS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 T0 14 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ012-018>021-026-290545- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 337 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GRAND RAPIDS...VIRGINA...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY AND GRAND MARAIS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 7 T0 11 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ010-011-290545- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0009.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY 337 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIG FALLS...ORR AND ELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 T0 5 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ BJT
131 WWUS43 KDLH 290148 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 748 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE NORTHLAND... .HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE WESTERN TIP OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ025-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-291000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 748 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING...BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...MILLE LACS LAKE... SIREN... SPOONER...ASHLAND...HAYWARD LAKES...HURLEY AND PARK FALLS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 T0 14 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ012-018>021-026-291000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 748 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK NORTH OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT...BECOMING WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GRAND RAPIDS...VIRGINA...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY AND GRAND MARAIS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 7 T0 11 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ010-011-291000- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0009.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY 748 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL TRACK NORTH OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIG FALLS...ORR AND ELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 T0 5 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ GRANING
305 WWUS43 KDLH 290420 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1020 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINTER STORM IN THE NORTHLAND... .HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE WESTERN TIP OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MNZ025-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-291230- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD- ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 1020 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING...REACHING LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...MILLE LACS LAKE... SIREN... SPOONER...ASHLAND...HAYWARD LAKES...HURLEY AND PARK FALLS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 T0 14 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AS OF 1000 PM...SNOWFALL SPOTTERS HAD REPORTED AROUND 2 INCHES HAD QUICKLY ACCUMULATED ALONG A LINE FROM MCGREGOR...TO SANDSTONE IN MINNESOTA...AND PHILLIPS WISCONSIN. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ012-018>021-026-291230- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 1020 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK NORTH OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT...BECOMING WIDESPREAD MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GRAND RAPIDS... VIRGINA...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY AND GRAND MARAIS AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 7 T0 11 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ010-011-291230- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0009.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY 1020 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION AND TIMING...A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL TRACK NORTH OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIG FALLS...ORR AND ELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 T0 5 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ GRANING
382 WWUS43 KDLH 291028 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 428 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 MNZ012-018-019-021-025-026-292000- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDLH.WW.Y.0010.120229T1028Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... GRAND MARAIS...WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS 428 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CASS...ITASCA...CENTRAL SAINT LOUIS AND NORTHERN COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING OVER CASS COUNTY...AND DEVELOP NORTHWARD OVER THE IRON RANGE AND ARROWHEAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR COOK AND ELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...GUSTY WINDS WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL OCCUR IN BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ MNZ010-011-291130- /O.CAN.KDLH.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY 428 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES BY LATE MORNING...BUT ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS TO ABOUT 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ038-WIZ001>004-006>009-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN... ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS 428 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS PINE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES SO FAR. A SPOTTER IN BUTTERNUT HAD 12 INCHES AS OF 4 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 4 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE GUSTS WILL BE AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON UNTREATED ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS. SAWYER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD N HAD BEEN CLOSED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ020-033>037-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET 428 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES SOUTHERN SAINT LOUIS...CARLTON...SOUTHERN LAKE...AITKIN...CROW WING...AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THESE AREAS TODAY...HEAVIEST THROUGH ABOUT 1 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RADAR...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY SHERIFFS ESTIMATE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR THROUGH 430 AM FROM SOUTHERN CASS THROUGH SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTIES...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH AT DULUTH. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY FROM 5 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR AND THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MELDE
232 WWUS43 KDLH 291051 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 451 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 MNZ038-WIZ001>004-006>009-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN... ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS 451 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS PINE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES SO FAR. A SPOTTER IN BUTTERNUT HAD 12 INCHES AS OF 4 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 4 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE GUSTS WILL BE AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON UNTREATED ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS. SAWYER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD N HAD BEEN CLOSED. PRICE COUNTY ALSO REPORTED SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE...AND WIDOT ADVISED NO TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 70 ACROSS PRICE COUNTY TO NEAR OXBO IN SAWYER COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ020-033>037-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET 451 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES SOUTHERN SAINT LOUIS...CARLTON...SOUTHERN LAKE...AITKIN...CROW WING...AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THESE AREAS TODAY...HEAVIEST THROUGH ABOUT 1 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RADAR...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY SHERIFFS ESTIMATE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR THROUGH 430 AM FROM SOUTHERN CASS THROUGH SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTIES...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH AT DULUTH. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY FROM 5 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR AND THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ012-018-019-021-025-026-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... GRAND MARAIS...WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS 451 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CASS... ITASCA...CENTRAL SAINT LOUIS AND NORTHERN COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING OVER CASS COUNTY...AND DEVELOP NORTHWARD OVER THE IRON RANGE AND ARROWHEAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR COOK AND ELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...GUSTY WINDS WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL OCCUR IN BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ MELDE
690 WWUS43 KDLH 291153 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 553 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 MNZ038-WIZ001>004-006>009-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN... ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS 553 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS PINE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES SO FAR. A SPOTTER IN BUTTERNUT HAD 12 INCHES AS OF 4 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 4 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE GUSTS WILL BE AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON UNTREATED ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS. SAWYER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD N HAD BEEN CLOSED. PRICE COUNTY ALSO REPORTED SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE...AND WIDOT ADVISED NO TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 70 ACROSS PRICE COUNTY TO NEAR OXBO IN SAWYER COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ020-033>037-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET 553 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES SOUTHERN SAINT LOUIS...CARLTON...SOUTHERN LAKE...AITKIN...CROW WING...AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THESE AREAS TODAY...HEAVIEST THROUGH ABOUT 1 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RADAR...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY SHERIFFS ESTIMATE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR THROUGH 500 AM FROM SOUTHERN CASS THROUGH SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTIES...WITH AROUND AN INCH AT DULUTH. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY FROM 6 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE TWIN PORTS AND TWO HARBORS AREAS WILL RECEIVE THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR AND THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON AREA ROADS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. MNDOT ADVISES NO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 35 FROM DULUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN PINE COUNTY. THEY ALSO ADVISE NO TRAVEL ON MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT CROW WING...AITKIN...AND CASS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ012-018-019-021-025-026-292000- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... GRAND MARAIS...WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS 553 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CASS... ITASCA...CENTRAL SAINT LOUIS AND NORTHERN COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING OVER CASS COUNTY...AND DEVELOP NORTHWARD OVER THE IRON RANGE AND ARROWHEAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR COOK AND ELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...GUSTY WINDS WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL OCCUR IN BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ MELDE
508 WWUS43 KDLH 291534 AAA WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 934 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 MNZ037-010000- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDLH.BZ.W.0001.120229T1534Z-120301T0000Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DULUTH...CLOQUET 934 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR DOWNTOWN DULUTH...AND MOST AREAS SURROUNDING DULUTH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION AND TIMING...UNINTERUPTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE DULUTH AREA THORUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN DULUTH...ALONG AND NEAR THE LAKESHORE... DULUTH RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SUBURBS...RIDGES SURROUNDING THE DULUTHE AREA...INCLUDING THE SHOPPING MALLS IN THE DULUTH AREA AND ALSO ALL AREAS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS AROUND THE DULUTH AIRPORT. CONDITIONS ARE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND DULUTH ROADS AND BRIDGES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS INLAND AREAS WELL TO THE WEST AND WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF DULUTH. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS...FALLING...AND BLOWING SNOW DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE...UNINTERUPTED...45 MPH WITH FREQUENT 55 MPH GUSTS AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN 50 TO 100 FEET AND FREQUENTLY LESS IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW AROUND THE DULUTH AREA. ELEVATED ROADS AND LAKESHORE AREAS AROUND DULUTH HAVE AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO REPORT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 65 TO 70 MPH. SEE STORM REPORTS FOR EXACT TIMES AND FIGURES WITHIN THESE RANGES. * IMPACTS...A BLIZZARD IS VERY DANGEROUS. DO NOT GO OUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE. VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE 35 MPH FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS. LARGE VOLUMES OF SNOW WILL BE MOVED BY STRONG WINDS AND BUILD UP ON ROADS. IN EXPOSED AREAS...WINDS HAVE GUSTED AS HIGH AS 68 MPH...AND SUCH GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE AND LIFE-THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL...YOU MAY BE RISKING YOUR LIFE. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE...INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND USE IT AS A SHELTER. MANY DEATHS OCCUR IN BLIZZARDS WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES TRYING TO SEEK HELP. && $$ MNZ020-033>036-038-WIZ001>004-006>009-010000- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT- WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND... HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS 934 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS PINE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES SO FAR. A SPOTTER IN BUTTERNUT HAD 12 INCHES AS OF 4 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 4 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE GUSTS WILL BE AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON UNTREATED ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS. SAWYER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD N HAD BEEN CLOSED. PRICE COUNTY ALSO REPORTED SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE...AND WIDOT ADVISED NO TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 70 ACROSS PRICE COUNTY TO NEAR OXBO IN SAWYER COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ012-018-019-021-025-026-010000- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...BIGFORK...HIBBING... GRAND MARAIS...WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS 934 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CASS... ITASCA...CENTRAL SAINT LOUIS AND NORTHERN COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING OVER CASS COUNTY...AND DEVELOP NORTHWARD OVER THE IRON RANGE AND ARROWHEAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR COOK AND ELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...GUSTY WINDS WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL OCCUR IN BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ EOM
841 WWUS43 KDLH 292018 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 MNZ033>036-292130- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY... AITKIN 218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE CASS LAKES...BRAINERD LAKES...AND MILLE LACS LAKE AREAS. HEAVY SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE. ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED WITH DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS CONTINUING. DUE TO THE SEVERETY OF THE RECENT SNOWSTORM...TREATING OF THE ROADS WILL TAKE TIME. RECENT SNOWFALLS HAVE BEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES. $$ MNZ018-025-026-292130- /O.CAN.KDLH.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIGFORK...WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS 218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS WEST OF THE IRON RANGE. SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. WINDS ARE STILL GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH...RESULTING IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED...WITH FAIR DRIVING CONDIONS REPORTED...ROAD TREATMENT IS CONTINUING. RECENT SNOWFALLS HAVE BEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES. $$ MNZ037-010200- /O.EXT.KDLH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0200Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DULUTH...CLOQUET 218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...UNINTERUPTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE DULUTH AREA DURING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION...SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN DULUTH...ALONG AND NEAR THE LAKESHORE... DULUTH RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SUBURBS...RIDGES SURROUNDING THE DULUTHE AREA...INCLUDING THE SHOPPING MALLS IN THE DULUTH AREA AND ALSO ALL AREAS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS AROUND THE DULUTH AIRPORT. CONDITIONS ARE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND DULUTH ROADS AND BRIDGES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS INLAND AREAS WELL TO THE WEST AND WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF DULUTH. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WINDS...FALLING...AND BLOWING SNOW DECREASING LATER TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE...UNINTERUPTED...45 MPH WITH FREQUENT 55 MPH GUSTS AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN 50 TO 100 FEET AND FREQUENTLY LESS IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW AROUND THE DULUTH AREA. ELEVATED ROADS AND LAKESHORE AREAS AROUND DULUTH HAVE AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO REPORT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 65 TO 70 MPH. WINDS HAVE NOT SUBSIDED NOTICABLY DURING THE DAY...SOME WIND INSTRUMENTS HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL WINDS. THERE HAVE BEEN UNOFFICIAL AND UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF SOME VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE. SEE STORM REPORTS FOR EXACT TIMES AND FIGURES WITHIN THESE RANGES. * IMPACTS...THIS BLIZZARD IS VERY DANGEROUS. DO NOT GO OUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE. POWER IS OUT ACROSS A NUMBER OF AREAS AROUND DULUTH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF DOWNTOWN DULUTH AND THE MORE POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE 35 MPH FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS. LARGE VOLUMES OF SNOW WILL BE MOVED BY STRONG WINDS AND BUILD UP ON ROADS. IN EXPOSED AREAS...WINDS HAVE GUSTED AS HIGH AS 68 MPH...AND SUCH GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ON ANY OF THE ROADS IN THE DULUTH AREA...THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 AND ROUTE 53 AND ROUTE 61. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE AND LIFE-THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL...YOU MAY BE RISKING YOUR LIFE. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE...INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND USE IT AS A SHELTER. MANY DEATHS OCCUR IN BLIZZARDS WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES TRYING TO SEEK HELP. && $$ MNZ020-038-WIZ001>004-006>009-010200- /O.EXT.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0200Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER SAINT CROIX VALLEY...ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR FROM TWO HARBORS TO SILVER BAY UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS PINE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL FROM THE HINCKLEY AREA EASTWARD THROUGH THE INLAND COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN RANGED FROM A FOOT TO A FOOT AND A HALF. SNOWFALL ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN HAS BEEN 10 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS...GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH IN COUNTIES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH FURTHER INLAND...CONTINUE TO RESULT IN NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN HEAVY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY FALL TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN PINE COUNTY...AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF INTERSTATE 35. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH VERY SLIPPERY AREAS...WITH CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY DANGAROUS ALONG ROUTE 53. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ALONG ROUTE 2 BETWEEN SUPERIOR AND IRONWOOD. ALONG THE NORTH SHORE...TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ALONG ANY OF ROUTE 61 NOR ANY OF MAIN SIDE-ROADS SUCH AS ROUTE 1 OR 2 INTO THE INTERIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. && $$ MNZ012-019-021-010200- /O.EXT.KDLH.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120301T0200Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...HIBBING...GRAND MARAIS 218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE IRON RANGE AND THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION AND TIMING...THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE IRON RANGE AND INLAND LAKE COUNTY AS WELL AS ALL OF COOK COUNTY. SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IS IN A WARNING STATUS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL HAS BEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES...BUT WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST 25 TO 35 MPH RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE IN BAD SHAPE...WITH TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED ALONG ROUTE 61 AROUND AND SOUTHWEST OF GRAND MARAIS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ALONG ROUTE 1 FROM FINDLAND TO ELY EITHER. TRAVEL BETWEEN GRAND MARAIS AND GRAND PORTAGE...ALONG THE EAST END OF ROUTE 61...HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ EOM
619 WWUS43 KDLH 010125 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 725 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 MNZ037-010230- /O.CAN.KDLH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0200Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DULUTH...CLOQUET 725 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...AND WINDS HAVE WEAKENED...TRAVEL REMAINS HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. USE CAUTION...AND REFER TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW TO THE DULUTH AND CLOQUET AREA THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL TAPPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE. $$ MNZ020-038-WIZ001>004-006>009-010230- /O.CAN.KDLH.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0200Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR... WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 725 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT OF AN INCH OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY IN FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ MNZ012-019-021-010215- /O.CAN.KDLH.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120301T0200Z/ NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...HIBBING...GRAND MARAIS 725 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ GRANING
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 27, 2:52 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 2:52 PM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
252 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012
.SHORT TERM...
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE FOCUSED AROUND A DEEP AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED TO SLAM INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN...WITH SNOW RATES UP
TO AND EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE LATE TUE NIGHT.
A DEEP UPPER TROUGH IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO SRN CA AND WILL
TRAVERSE THE SRN ROCKIES LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUE MORNING. THE UPPER
LOW WILL TRACK TO THE NE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TUE
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON AS DEEP CYCLOGENESIS DEVELOPS AT THE SFC
OVER WRN KS/NE. THE SFC LOW WILL MOVE E/NEWD INTO SWRN MN. AT THE
SAME TIME A SURGE OF DEEP MOISTURE WILL ADVECT NWD FROM THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND BECOME ENTRAINED INTO THE SYSTEM. STRONG WAA WILL
ALSO TAKE PLACE IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM AND ALLOW A NARROW BAND
OF STRONG MID-LEVEL F-GEN TO DEVELOP ON THE NE SIDE OF THE SYSTEM.
A 120KT JET WILL ROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUGH AND AN EXITING JET
MAX TO THE EAST WILL ALLOW A COUPLED JET STRUCTURE ALOFT HELP RE-
ENFORCE THE DYNAMICS ALOFT TO SUPPORT THIS SYSTEM. THE STRONG MID-
LEVEL FORCING...COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DYNAMICS...AND FAVORABLE SFC LOW TRACK ALL POINT TO THE POTENTIAL
FOR A HEAVY SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE REGION.
THE SURGE OF WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH WILL ALSO BRING UP
SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIR INTO SRN MN/WI. EVEN THOUGH THE UNSTABLE AIR
MASS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL TO THE SOUTH...CAN NOT RULE OUT
THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSNOW OVER PARTS OF E-CNTRL MN/W-CNTRL
WI. MAINLY THE FAR SRN SECTIONS OF THE DLH CWA. THE LATEST NAM
AND GFS ARE ALSO INDICATING AN AREA OF STRONG VERTICAL MOTION IN
THE DGZ...CO-LOCATED OR SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THE BAND OF MID-LVL
F-GEN. WITH ALL THESE FACTORS...WILL LOOK AT RAPID SNOWFALL RATES
FROM AROUND 10PM TUE TO AROUND 6AM WED. AT TIMES...RATES COULD
APPROACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR.
STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM OVER 14 INCHES
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PARK RAPIDS TO MOOSE LAKE TO HAYWARD...TO
9-13 INCHES FROM LEECH LAKE TO DULUTH TO ASHLAND...WITH AMOUNTS
RAPIDLY DROPPING OFF TO THE NORTH. SIX TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM BEMIDJI TO HIBBING TO GRAND MARAIS...WITH LESS THAN 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.
THE OTHER AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE THE VERY STRONG GUSTY NE WINDS.
WITH THIS SYSTEM BEING SO DEEP AND TIGHTLY WRAPPED...THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL BE VERY TIGHT...WHICH WILL CAUSE VERY STRONG WINDS
FROM THE E/NE ON THE NRN SIDE OF THE LOW WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PASS
TO THE SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL MN/WI. GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE AND
AT THE HEAD OF THE LAKE INTO THE TWIN PORTS AREA. THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY OF NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TUE EVENING AND INTO
WED MORNING...IN THIS FAVORED AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY NEED TO
BE ISSUED.
THIS WILL BE A VERY DANGEROUS STORM WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AND THE ROADS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS
AT TIMES. BE SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST AND WEATHER
INFORMATION BEFORE HEADING OUT DURING THIS TIME.
.LONG TERM...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
THE TAIL END OF THE DEPARTING STORM LINGERS OVER OUR AREA...AND
IS APT TO CONTINUE WITH LIGHT BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FOREIGN RUNS ARE SLOWEST WITH DRYING AND
STRONGEST WITH KEEPING A SURFACE TROUGH RUNNING NORTHWEST INTO THE
LOWER RED RIVER VALLEY. OUR MODELS RESPOND TO RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT
AND PROMOTE SURFACE RIDGING RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WE COMPROMISED WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE LAKESHORE IN THE EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE MOST AREAS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WE MAY NEED TO CONTINUE SOME SNOW INTO THURSDAY MORNING
IF THINGS DEVELOP AS FOREIGN RUNS SUGGEST. FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND...WE SEEM TO BE IN A PATTERN WITH WEAK UPPER TROUGHS
DIGGING DOWN FROM SASKATCHEWAN...INTO ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
AND WARMTH TO INSTIGATE DEEPENING LOWS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
LAKE MICHIGAN. WE WENT WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW...WITH AN
EXPECTATION OF SIGNIFICANT DYNAMICS REMAINING JUST TO OUR EAST
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. RISING HEIGHTS...WITH A SLOW MOVING
SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE DAKOTAS...WILL LIKELY KEEP PRECIPITATION
OUT OF OUR AREA. HOWEVER...THE MID-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION MAY CARRY
ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW IN AREAS NORTH OF DULUTH
MONDAY OR TUESDAY...WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
&&
.AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE...
VFR UNDER SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS. WITH COND ADVECTION...A FEW
FLURRIES WITH TEMPORARY MVFR CONDITIONS...WILL LINGER IN...
NORTH...AND WEST OF THE IRON RANGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOW END
VFR IN OVERCAST CLOUDS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY EAST LATE TONIGHT AND
DETERIORATE TO MVFR IN AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW EARLY TUESDAY.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL NOT DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHWEST UNTIL LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY EVENING.
&&
.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 14 31 26 28 / 20 40 100 90
INL 8 32 22 30 / 10 10 30 40
BRD 16 33 26 31 / 20 70 100 80
HYR 15 33 28 32 / 10 50 100 100
ASX 16 34 28 31 / 10 40 100 100
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
MNZ025-033>038.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MNZ012-018>021-026.
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
WIZ001>004-006>009.
&&
SHORT TERM...TENTINGER
LONG TERM....EOM
AVIATION...EOMHazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 5:29 AM CST, 9 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 529 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-281130- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 529 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS EFFECT FOR ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE GOGEBIC RANGE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE DULUTH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS. ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF THE STORM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE...THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DELAYS FROM THE TWIN PORTS TOWARDS THE TWIN CITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BERDES MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
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Local storm report, Feb 27, 9:31 AM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
931 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0738 AM SNOW 5 N HERMANTOWN 46.88N 92.24W
02/26/2012 M1.1 INCH ST. LOUIS MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0800 AM SNOW ESKO 46.71N 92.36W
02/26/2012 M1.0 INCH CARLTON MN NWS EMPLOYEE
0905 AM SNOW 5 NW TWO HARBORS 47.08N 91.75W
02/26/2012 E3.0 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0905 AM SNOW 3 NE NISSWA 46.53N 94.25W
02/26/2012 M0.2 INCH CROW WING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0905 AM SNOW WRENSHALL 46.62N 92.38W
02/26/2012 M0.7 INCH CARLTON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0929 AM SNOW WARBA 47.14N 93.27W
02/26/2012 M2.5 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0929 AM SNOW NETT LAKE 48.11N 93.11W
02/26/2012 M2.0 INCH KOOCHICHING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0940 AM SNOW HAWTHORNE 46.50N 91.86W
02/26/2012 M0.5 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0940 AM SNOW COTTON 47.17N 92.47W
02/26/2012 M2.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0953 AM SNOW BAYFIELD 46.81N 90.82W
02/26/2012 M1.6 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1024 AM SNOW ALBORN 46.97N 92.58W
02/26/2012 M3.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1051 AM SNOW 7 SE GRAND RAPIDS 47.16N 93.42W
02/26/2012 M4.0 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1051 AM SNOW LITTLE MARAIS 47.41N 91.11W
02/26/2012 M2.0 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY HEAVY SNOW. 1.5 INCHES ACCUMULATED IN A 30 MINUTE
TIME PERIOD.
1059 AM SNOW 3 E ORR 48.06N 92.76W
02/26/2012 M2.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1112 AM SNOW CLOQUET 46.73N 92.49W
02/26/2012 M0.5 INCH CARLTON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1112 AM SNOW 7 NW TWO HARBORS 47.10N 91.78W
02/26/2012 M6.3 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
OVER LAST SIX HOURS.
1142 AM SNOW BRIMSON 47.28N 91.87W
02/26/2012 M7.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1218 PM SNOW BRIMSON 47.28N 91.87W
02/26/2012 M7.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1227 PM SNOW 2 E GRAND RAPIDS 47.23N 93.48W
02/26/2012 M4.4 INCH ITASCA MN COCORAHS
1227 PM SNOW 5 N VIRGINIA 47.59N 92.51W
02/26/2012 M3.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1255 PM SNOW MCKINLEY 47.51N 92.41W
02/26/2012 M3.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1255 PM SNOW 3 W GRAND MARAIS 47.76N 90.41W
02/26/2012 M2.5 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1255 PM SNOW EMBARRASS 47.66N 92.20W
02/26/2012 M2.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1255 PM SNOW BIGFORK 47.75N 93.65W
02/26/2012 M8.0 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1255 PM SNOW 7 N VIRGINIA 47.62N 92.51W
02/26/2012 M4.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0127 PM SNOW BRAINERD 46.35N 94.19W
02/26/2012 M0.9 INCH CROW WING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0127 PM SNOW LUTSEN 47.64N 90.71W
02/26/2012 M3.5 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0147 PM SNOW 2 N TWO HARBORS 47.06N 91.68W
02/26/2012 M10.0 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0216 PM SNOW 2 N BRAINERD 46.38N 94.19W
02/26/2012 M0.8 INCH CROW WING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0218 PM SNOW 5 E PAYNE 47.10N 92.49W
02/26/2012 M4.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
LOW VISIBILITY.
0221 PM SNOW 3 S EVELETH 47.42N 92.54W
02/26/2012 M5.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0229 PM SNOW 12 N GRAND RAPIDS 47.40N 93.52W
02/26/2012 M8.5 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0245 PM SNOW 2 E GRAND RAPIDS 47.23N 93.48W
02/26/2012 M10.0 INCH ITASCA MN COCORAHS
1.6 INCHES IN LAST 60 MINUTES
0248 PM SNOW HIBBING 47.40N 92.95W
02/26/2012 M7.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0248 PM SNOW 1 S WALKER 47.08N 94.58W
02/26/2012 M5.5 INCH CASS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0300 PM SNOW LEADER 46.52N 94.65W
02/26/2012 E5.0 INCH CASS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0300 PM SNOW 3 N BRAINERD 46.40N 94.19W
02/26/2012 E1.0 INCH CROW WING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW NOW.
0308 PM SNOW 13 ESE GUNFLINT LAKE 48.02N 90.44W
02/26/2012 E6.5 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
2.8 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 120 PM AND 250 PM. STILL SNOWING
HEAVILY NOW. SNOW REPORTED FROM GOLDEN EAGLE LODGE.
0319 PM SNOW NASHWAUK 47.38N 93.17W
02/26/2012 E6.8 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING.
0327 PM SNOW 3 E ORR 48.06N 92.76W
02/26/2012 M3.7 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0329 PM SNOW 5 SSE NORTHOME 47.81N 94.22W
02/26/2012 M4.8 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
LOCATED 4.5 MILES SSE OF NORTHOME.
0340 PM SNOW KABETOGAMA 48.44N 93.03W
02/26/2012 E4.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0400 PM SNOW ISLAND LAKE 47.01N 92.19W
02/26/2012 M5.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED AT THE EAST SIDE OF ISLAND LAKE.
0416 PM SNOW CHISHOLM 47.49N 92.88W
02/26/2012 M8.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1.4 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 90 MINUTES.
HEAVY SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO VERY LIGHT SNOW.
0421 PM SNOW LITTLE MARAIS 47.41N 91.11W
02/26/2012 M4.0 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
2.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS.
0440 PM SNOW RANIER 48.61N 93.35W
02/26/2012 M3.0 INCH KOOCHICHING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0450 PM SNOW CLOQUET 46.73N 92.49W
02/26/2012 M2.0 INCH CARLTON MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0454 PM SNOW 3 NE NISSWA 46.53N 94.25W
02/26/2012 M2.0 INCH CROW WING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0455 PM SNOW ESKO 46.71N 92.36W
02/26/2012 M1.7 INCH CARLTON MN NWS EMPLOYEE
0501 PM SNOW ALBORN 46.97N 92.58W
02/26/2012 M5.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0503 PM SNOW 3 E PAYNE 47.09N 92.54W
02/26/2012 E5.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING.
0504 PM SNOW 7 S BIGFORK 47.65N 93.65W
02/26/2012 M7.2 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0504 PM SNOW SILVER BAY 47.29N 91.28W
02/26/2012 M9.8 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING.
0508 PM SNOW 10 N TWO HARBORS 47.17N 91.68W
02/26/2012 M9.0 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING.
0521 PM SNOW SAGINAW 46.86N 92.44W
02/26/2012 M4.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING.
0521 PM SNOW 2 N ELY 47.93N 91.85W
02/26/2012 E4.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOWING HEAVY NOW. LOCATED 1.5 MILES NORTH OF ELY.
0530 PM SNOW 5 N VIRGINIA 47.59N 92.51W
02/26/2012 E8.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0539 PM SNOW 4 NE LUTSEN 47.68N 90.65W
02/26/2012 M7.0 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
LOCATED ABOUT 3.7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUTSEN.
0550 PM SNOW 7 NW TWO HARBORS 47.10N 91.78W
02/26/2012 E9.5 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0550 PM SNOW INTERNATIONAL FALLS 48.59N 93.41W
02/26/2012 M4.3 INCH KOOCHICHING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 PM SNOW 7 NW TWO HARBORS 47.10N 91.78W
02/26/2012 M10.7 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1.2 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS.
0611 PM SNOW COTTON 47.17N 92.47W
02/26/2012 M5.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0611 PM SNOW 5 NW DULUTH 46.83N 92.19W
02/26/2012 M2.2 INCH ST. LOUIS MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0611 PM SNOW 15 N GRAND RAPIDS 47.45N 93.52W
02/26/2012 M8.5 INCH ITASCA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0619 PM SNOW BRIMSON 47.28N 91.87W
02/26/2012 M10.3 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0625 PM SNOW SAGINAW 46.86N 92.44W
02/26/2012 E4.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING.
0627 PM SNOW NASHWAUK 47.38N 93.17W
02/26/2012 M7.2 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0627 PM SNOW BABBITT 47.65N 91.94W
02/26/2012 M7.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0629 PM SNOW E ILLGEN CITY 47.35N 91.19W
02/26/2012 M5.5 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED AT CRYSTAL BAY.
0632 PM SNOW 3 NNW ILLGEN CITY 47.39N 91.21W
02/26/2012 M8.1 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
OCCURRED AT WOLF RIDGE ELC.
0651 PM SNOW 3 E PAYNE 47.10N 92.54W
02/26/2012 M6.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0653 PM SNOW MCKINLEY 47.51N 92.41W
02/26/2012 E7.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0653 PM SNOW 3 E ORR 48.06N 92.76W
02/26/2012 M6.6 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0657 PM SNOW HOLYOKE 46.47N 92.39W
02/26/2012 M1.9 INCH CARLTON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1.5 INCHES FELL IN THE PREVIOUS 3 HOURS.
0713 PM SNOW 13 ESE GUNFLINT LAKE 48.02N 90.44W
02/26/2012 E11.0 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED AT GOLDEN EAGLE LODGE.
0736 PM SNOW 6 W TWO HARBORS 47.03N 91.80W
02/26/2012 M5.8 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0745 PM SNOW 5 S LITTLEFORK 48.32N 93.56W
02/26/2012 M4.0 INCH KOOCHICHING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0749 PM SNOW 12 N GRAND RAPIDS 47.40N 93.52W
02/26/2012 E9.0 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0.5 INCH SINCE 600 PM. FINE SNOW NOW.
0749 PM SNOW 4 S BRUNO 46.22N 92.67W
02/26/2012 M0.2 INCH PINE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0751 PM SNOW 14 W ISABELLA 47.62N 91.66W
02/26/2012 M5.0 INCH LAKE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0752 PM SNOW 5 NW DULUTH 46.83N 92.19W
02/26/2012 M3.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN THE PREVIOUS 2 HOURS.
0758 PM SNOW 5 S HERBSTER 46.76N 91.26W
02/26/2012 E0.8 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0758 PM SNOW 7 ESE SUPERIOR 46.66N 91.92W
02/26/2012 E1.0 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 PM SNOW HIBBING 47.40N 92.95W
02/26/2012 E10.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
3 INCHES OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS.
0835 PM SNOW KABETOGAMA 48.44N 93.03W
02/26/2012 M5.3 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0840 PM SNOW CHISHOLM 47.49N 92.88W
02/26/2012 M9.8 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0917 PM SNOW SILVER BAY 47.29N 91.28W
02/26/2012 M13.2 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0920 PM SNOW 6 N BRULE 46.64N 91.58W
02/26/2012 E1.0 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0922 PM SNOW NASHWAUK 47.38N 93.17W
02/26/2012 M7.4 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0937 PM SNOW HOLYOKE 46.47N 92.39W
02/26/2012 M1.8 INCH CARLTON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0957 PM SNOW 1 ENE LUTSEN 47.64N 90.69W
02/26/2012 M10.3 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1001 PM SNOW IRON BELT 46.40N 90.32W
02/26/2012 E2.0 INCH IRON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.
1008 PM SNOW LITTLE MARAIS 47.41N 91.11W
02/26/2012 M8.3 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
3.3 INCHES SINCE 5 PM.
1010 PM SNOW 3 N BRAINERD 46.40N 94.19W
02/26/2012 M1.5 INCH CROW WING MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1027 PM SNOW CHISHOLM 47.49N 92.88W
02/26/2012 M10.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1044 PM SNOW 7 ESE SUPERIOR 46.66N 91.92W
02/26/2012 M1.5 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1103 PM SNOW CLOQUET 46.73N 92.49W
02/26/2012 M3.0 INCH CARLTON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1142 PM SNOW GILE 46.43N 90.23W
02/26/2012 M3.0 INCH IRON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1156 PM SNOW INTERNATIONAL FALLS 48.59N 93.41W
02/26/2012 M5.1 INCH KOOCHICHING MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1156 PM SNOW 5 NW DULUTH 46.83N 92.19W
02/26/2012 M3.2 INCH ST. LOUIS MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0425 AM SNOW POPLAR 46.58N 91.79W
02/27/2012 M2.0 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0540 AM SNOW CULVER 46.93N 92.56W
02/27/2012 M3.8 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0540 AM SNOW BRIMSON 47.28N 91.87W
02/27/2012 M11.7 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW 3 E ORR 48.06N 92.76W
02/27/2012 M7.4 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW EMBARRASS 47.66N 92.20W
02/27/2012 M7.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0610 AM SNOW CORNUCOPIA 46.86N 91.10W
02/27/2012 M4.5 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0620 AM SNOW COTTON 47.17N 92.47W
02/27/2012 M7.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0642 AM SNOW MAPLE 46.59N 91.72W
02/27/2012 M2.8 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0717 AM SNOW LUTSEN 47.64N 90.71W
02/27/2012 M10.7 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0720 AM SNOW HERBSTER 46.83N 91.26W
02/27/2012 M2.8 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0725 AM SNOW 3 N ILLGEN CITY 47.39N 91.20W
02/27/2012 M11.5 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0728 AM SNOW OULU 46.63N 91.53W
02/27/2012 M3.0 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0731 AM SNOW GILE 46.43N 90.23W
02/27/2012 M4.3 INCH IRON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0736 AM SNOW REMER 47.06N 93.91W
02/27/2012 M4.5 INCH CASS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0746 AM SNOW LITTLE MARAIS 47.41N 91.11W
02/27/2012 M9.8 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0805 AM SNOW ELY 47.91N 91.85W
02/27/2012 M5.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0809 AM SNOW 2 SE ESKO 46.69N 92.33W
02/27/2012 M2.6 INCH CARLTON MN NWS EMPLOYEE
0817 AM SNOW 2 W TWO HARBORS 47.03N 91.72W
02/27/2012 M6.5 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0821 AM SNOW 5 NW TWO HARBORS 47.08N 91.75W
02/27/2012 M11.2 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0830 AM SNOW SAGINAW 46.86N 92.44W
02/27/2012 M5.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0832 AM SNOW BEAVER BAY 47.26N 91.30W
02/27/2012 M8.0 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0834 AM SNOW 7 SE GRAND RAPIDS 47.16N 93.42W
02/27/2012 M7.5 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0834 AM SNOW SILVER BAY 47.29N 91.28W
02/27/2012 M13.8 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0852 AM SNOW 2 SW EVELETH 47.44N 92.57W
02/27/2012 M8.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0852 AM SNOW GRAND MARAIS 47.76N 90.34W
02/27/2012 M12.5 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RSLocal storm report, Feb 27, 9:41 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
941 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM SNOW 5 NW DULUTH 46.83N 92.19W
02/26/2012 M3.2 INCH ST. LOUIS MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1156 PM SNOW INTERNATIONAL FALLS 48.59N 93.41W
02/26/2012 M5.1 INCH KOOCHICHING MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0425 AM SNOW POPLAR 46.58N 91.79W
02/27/2012 M2.0 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0540 AM SNOW CULVER 46.93N 92.56W
02/27/2012 M3.8 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0540 AM SNOW BRIMSON 47.28N 91.87W
02/27/2012 M11.7 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW 3 E ORR 48.06N 92.76W
02/27/2012 M7.4 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW EMBARRASS 47.66N 92.20W
02/27/2012 M7.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0610 AM SNOW CORNUCOPIA 46.86N 91.10W
02/27/2012 M4.5 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0620 AM SNOW COTTON 47.17N 92.47W
02/27/2012 M7.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0642 AM SNOW MAPLE 46.59N 91.72W
02/27/2012 M2.8 INCH DOUGLAS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0717 AM SNOW LUTSEN 47.64N 90.71W
02/27/2012 M10.7 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0720 AM SNOW HERBSTER 46.83N 91.26W
02/27/2012 M2.8 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0725 AM SNOW 3 N ILLGEN CITY 47.39N 91.20W
02/27/2012 M11.5 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0728 AM SNOW OULU 46.63N 91.53W
02/27/2012 M3.0 INCH BAYFIELD WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0731 AM SNOW GILE 46.43N 90.23W
02/27/2012 M4.3 INCH IRON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0736 AM SNOW REMER 47.06N 93.91W
02/27/2012 M4.5 INCH CASS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0746 AM SNOW LITTLE MARAIS 47.41N 91.11W
02/27/2012 M9.8 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0805 AM SNOW ELY 47.91N 91.85W
02/27/2012 M5.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0809 AM SNOW 2 SE ESKO 46.69N 92.33W
02/27/2012 M2.6 INCH CARLTON MN NWS EMPLOYEE
0817 AM SNOW 2 W TWO HARBORS 47.03N 91.72W
02/27/2012 M6.5 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0821 AM SNOW 5 NW TWO HARBORS 47.08N 91.75W
02/27/2012 M11.2 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0830 AM SNOW SAGINAW 46.86N 92.44W
02/27/2012 M5.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0832 AM SNOW BEAVER BAY 47.26N 91.30W
02/27/2012 M8.0 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0834 AM SNOW 7 SE GRAND RAPIDS 47.16N 93.42W
02/27/2012 M7.5 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0834 AM SNOW SILVER BAY 47.29N 91.28W
02/27/2012 M13.8 INCH LAKE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0852 AM SNOW 2 SW EVELETH 47.44N 92.57W
02/27/2012 M8.0 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0852 AM SNOW GRAND MARAIS 47.76N 90.34W
02/27/2012 M12.5 INCH COOK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
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Sources
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