Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Feb 27, 2012, 4:26 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2012, 4:26 PM CST (22:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:48 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
578 WWUS43 KMPX 272226 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON THROUGH ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY...THROUGH FARIBAULT...TO ZUMBROTA...AND ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN WEST TONIGHT...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. A VAST AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...BRINGING SNOW ACROSS ALL OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM MORRIS THROUGH ST CLOUD TO NEAR RICE LAKE...WISCONSIN. ACROSS THAT AREA 10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND CAN EXPECT A WINTRY MIX...WITH SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ALL POSSIBLE...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...LOCATIONS NEAR THE MINNESOTA...IOWA BORDER WILL HAVE WARMER TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...WHICH SHOULD LESSEN THE WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS. MNZ041-047-048-055-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-054-056-064-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ TODD-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. HEAVY SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043-049>051-057>060-065>070-076>078-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES NORTH FROM WILLMAR TO CAMBRIDGE...TO 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...INCLUDING THE METRO AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-061>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 426 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 TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SWITCHING BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM AMERY TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO EAU CLAIRE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY...TRANSITION TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ JB
4 follow-up statements
063 WWUS43 KMPX 280331 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 931 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON THROUGH ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY...THROUGH FARIBAULT...TO ZUMBROTA...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE COLORADO ROCKIES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS SNOW...BUT A SURGE OF WARM AIR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WITH SOME AREAS PROBABLY SEEING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. THE LARGEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST TO NORTH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING IS POSTED. THERE WILL BE A WIDE RANGE OF SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA FROM TOTALS IN THE ONE FOOT RANGE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TO MAYBE A COUPLE OF INCHES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-055-281145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 931 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR FROM NOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-054-056>060-064>070-076>078-281145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 931 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH FROM WILLMAR TO CAMBRIDGE...TO 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...INCLUDING THE METRO AREA WHERE THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTH METRO. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT... ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-061>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-281145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 931 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM EARLY TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM AMERY TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO EAU CLAIRE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT... ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-281145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 931 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY MORNING...TRANSITION TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
983 WWUS43 KMPX 281114 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 514 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON THROUGH ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY...THROUGH FARIBAULT...TO ZUMBROTA...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER COLORADO THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS SNOW...BUT A SURGE OF WARM AIR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WITH SOME AREAS LIKELY SEEING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST TO NORTH WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING IS POSTED. THERE WILL BE A WIDE RANGE OF SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA FROM THIS SYSTEM. TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TO MAYBE A COUPLE OF INCHES NEAR THE IOWA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-055-281915- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 514 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-281915- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER 514 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE LIKELY BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY SNOW COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS YOU NEED TO. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ054-056>060-064>070-076>078-281915- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 514 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM MADISON TO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR TODAY AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA WILL BE HEAVILY IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-061>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-281915- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 514 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY FROM EARLY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM AMERY TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO EAU CLAIRE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-281915- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 514 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...AND RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SPD/RAH
317 WWUS43 KMPX 281820 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM MOVING IN TODAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON THROUGH ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THE ADVISORY IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WARMER TEMPERATURES. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TODAY. A SURGE OF WARM AIR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WITH SOME AREAS LIKELY SEEING CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST TO NORTH WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING IS POSTED. THERE WILL BE A WIDE RANGE OF SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA FROM THIS SYSTEM. TOTALS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TO NEAR ZERO SNOW NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER. MNZ076>078-290230- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...AND RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-281930- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A WINTRY MIX EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP ENOUGH AND PRECIPITATION IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE ALL RAIN. $$ MNZ061>063-WIZ023>028-290230- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET AND EVEN A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN ARE LIKELY FROM EARLY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FROM AMERY TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH...AND 1 TO 4 INCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO EAU CLAIRE. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW...SLEET AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-290230- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ054-056>060-064>070-290230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WET SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM MADISON TO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR TODAY AROUND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA COULD BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-290230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE LIKELY BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS YOU NEED TO. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-290230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY FROM EARLY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-290230- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...AND RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
115 WWUS43 KMPX 282148 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 348 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM SPREADING SNOW... SLEET... AND RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...BUT THE WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES...AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WITH SOME AREAS LIKELY SEEING CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...WARM AIR WILL WRAP IN ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA WHICH WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM AIR...THERE WILL BE A WIDE RANGE OF SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA FROM THIS SYSTEM...WITH A SHARP CUT OFF ALONG A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST CLOUD TO RICE LAKE. TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY NORTH OF THIS LINE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THIS LINE NEAR HUTCHINSON AND THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND LESS THAN AN INCH NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER. MNZ041-047-048-055-290600- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 348 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CAN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE LIKELY BEGINNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. EASTERLY WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING LATER TONIGHT...AND THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW. * OTHER IMPACTS...DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO BEGIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. WHEN TRAVELING...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ060-062>070-WIZ023>026-028-290600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 348 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... * TIMING...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...AND RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-054-056>059-061-WIZ027-290600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 348 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE LIKELY BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. WHEN TRAVELING...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-290600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 348 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DETERIORATE BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS... MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. WHEN TRAVELING...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>078-290600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 348 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...AND RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 4:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 26 more | 46 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 17 more | 46 hr |
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Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every blizzard warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.