Alert archive / Minnesota / Ice Storm Warnings in 2012
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this ice storm warning at Dec 15, 2012, 6:18 AM CST for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 15, 2012, 7:48 AM CST. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2012, 6:18 AM CST (12:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2012, 7:48 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2012, 10:38 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WWUS43 KMPX 151218 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 618 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...ICE STORM EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER TODAY... ...ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAIN IS MOVING INTO THESE COUNTIES...WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MIDDLE 20S. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED UNTIL PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. BESIDE MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. ONCE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW IS MADE THIS AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO ST CLOUD AND BALSAM LAKE. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WI. THIS IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS QUICKLY SPREADING NORTH ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES THOUGH HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA. AS A RESULT...RAIN WILL BE THE DOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE THROUGH NOON TODAY...BUT AFTER NOON...A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOW MUCH SNOW IS SEEN WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THIS TRANSITION OCCURS. CURRENTLY...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO MORA LINE. IF AN EARLIER TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS...THEN 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. THIS WOULD BE MOST LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A MORA TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MNZ054-064-152030- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.IS.W.0001.121215T1218Z-121216T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS 618 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS MOST OF LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY AND LOCATIONS IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY WEST OF CLARKFIELD. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED UNTIL A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS MADE IN THE AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG THE WITH POSSIBILITY FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES...LEADING TO THE THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES AS WELL. * OTHER IMPACTS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-WIZ014-152030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 618 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON...WITH SNOW EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN CAN CHANGE TO SNOW...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FOR LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A MORRIS TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ055>057-152030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 618 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON...WITH SNOW EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
145 WWUS43 KMPX 151349 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 748 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...ICE STORM EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER TODAY... ...ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAIN IS MOVING INTO THESE COUNTIES...WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MIDDLE 20S. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED UNTIL PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. BESIDE MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER-LINES. ONCE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW IS MADE THIS AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO ST CLOUD AND BALSAM LAKE. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WI. THIS IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS QUICKLY SPREADING NORTH ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES THOUGH HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA. AS A RESULT...RAIN WILL BE THE DOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE THROUGH NOON TODAY...BUT AFTER NOON...A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOW MUCH SNOW IS SEEN WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THIS TRANSITION OCCURS. CURRENTLY...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO MORA LINE. IF AN EARLIER TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS...THEN 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. THIS WOULD BE MOST LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A MORRIS TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MNZ054-064-152215- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMPX.IS.W.0001.121215T1348Z-121216T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS 748 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS MOST OF LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY AND LOCATIONS IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY WEST OF CLARKFIELD. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED UNTIL A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS MADE IN THE AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG THE WITH POSSIBILITY FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER-LINES...LEADING TO THE THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES AS WELL. * OTHER IMPACTS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-WIZ014-152215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 748 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON...WITH SNOW EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN CAN CHANGE TO SNOW...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FOR LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A MORRIS TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ055>057-152215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 748 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON...WITH SNOW EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MPG/JLT
404 WWUS43 KMPX 151638 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1038 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN WESTERN MINNESOTA... ...ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADING NORTH AND EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. THESE COUNTIES ARE NOW UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM. AS TEMPERATURES HOLD NEAR THE FREEZING MARK AND LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF WET SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO ST CLOUD AND BALSAM LAKE. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW WITH UP TO FOUR INCHES BY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MINNESOTA...THERE IS A DRY POCKET ALONG THE MINNESOTA...IOWA BORDER. THIS DRY POCKET WILL ALLOW FOR THE STEADIER PRECIPITATION TO END...WITH ONLY DRIZZLE FROM THE TWIN CITIES...SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA BORDER...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND AROUND 35 TO 40 DEGREES ACROSS THE REST OF MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY THE LATE AFTERNOON...A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF A CHANGE OVER ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNSET. HOW MUCH SNOW IS SEEN WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THIS TRANSITION OCCURS. CURRENTLY...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO MORA LINE. IF AN EARLIER TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS...THEN 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. THIS WOULD BE MOST LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A MORRIS TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MNZ054-064-160000- /O.CAN.KMPX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS 1038 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER 1 PM. THE SNOW EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-WIZ014-160045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1038 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN CAN CHANGE TO SNOW...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FOR LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A MORRIS TO MILLE LACS LAKE LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ055>057-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 1038 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
Nearby
Ice Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every ice storm 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.