Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2012, 3:49 PM CST for 32 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 8, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 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
- Dec 7, 2012, 3:49 PM CST (21:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 41 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Madison, MN | HEAVY SNOW...ABOUT 1 INCH PER HOUR |
| Dec 9, 12:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Sacred Heart, MN | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 6 PM. |
| Dec 9, 1:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Brandon, MN | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE THE SNOW BEGAN. |
| Dec 9, 3:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Sw Maple Grove, MN | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE IT BEGAN. |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Minneapolis, MN | STILL SNOWING MSP 6 AM AIRPORT. |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | St Cloud, MN | STILL SNOWING STC AIRPORT |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.4 | 8 Ne Clear Lake, MN | ST. CLOUD AIRPORT OBSERVATION |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Kimball, MN | TOTAL SINCE SNOW BEGAN... |
| Dec 9, 6:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Otsego, MN | OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNT. |
| Dec 9, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Menomonie, WI | OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNT. |
| Dec 9, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Brandon, MN | OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNT. |
| Dec 9, 6:44 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Plymouth, MN | |
| Dec 9, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 7.2 | Sauk Rapids, MN | OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. |
| Dec 9, 6:59 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Carver, MN | SNOW DEPTH 4.5 |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | New Prague, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Red Wing, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Hammond, WI | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Mora, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Waconia, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Spring Valley, WI | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Baldwin, WI | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Minneapolis, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Melrose, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Milaca, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.6 | Rice, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Montevideo, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 7:08 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Faribault, MN | |
| Dec 9, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Clear Lake, WI | DEPTH 3 |
| Dec 9, 7:33 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Annandale, MN | |
| Dec 9, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Dec 9, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Watertown, MN | OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNT |
| Dec 9, 7:48 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 7 Ne Maple Lake, MN | |
| Dec 9, 7:54 AM CST | SNOW 6.8 | 2 W Foley, MN | |
| Dec 9, 7:58 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 Wnw Gilman, MN | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Cambridge, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Hamburg, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 N Becker, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Long Prairie, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Buffalo, MN | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.6 | Little Falls, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 8:04 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Sauk Rapids, MN | DRIFTING SNOW |
| Dec 9, 8:10 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 7 S Hillman, MN | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 9, 8:10 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Otsego, MN | |
| Dec 9, 8:11 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 2 N Sauk Rapids, MN | 6.5 INCHES AS OF 8AM |
| Dec 9, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 N Prior Lake, MN | |
| Dec 9, 8:35 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Louisburg, MN | REPORT COURTESY OF KARE11. RELAYED BY WFO GRAND FORKS. |
| Dec 9, 8:37 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | North St Paul, MN | |
| Dec 9, 8:53 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Cambridge, MN | |
| Dec 9, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 3 Sw Carlos, MN | |
| Dec 9, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Blaine, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Nw Watertown, MN | STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 9, 9:41 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 S Stillwater, MN | STILL SNOW |
| Dec 9, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Dec 9, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 2 Sse Fridley, MN | |
| Dec 9, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 1 Wsw Stillwater, MN | |
| Dec 9, 9:59 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Kingston, MN | |
| Dec 9, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Eau Claire, WI | STILL SNOWING WQOW TV |
| Dec 9, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 6.1 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Dec 9, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 6.7 | 3 E East Farmington, WI | STILL FALLING |
| Dec 9, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 15.5 | Sacred Heart, MN | STILL SNOW |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
168 WWUS43 KMPX 072149 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...SOME SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING...THEN A LARGER WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING... .THE FIRST OF TWO SYSTEMS IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY AN INCH OR TWO. IT APPEARS THE SECOND SYSTEM FOR THE WEEKEND WILL DEVELOP INTO A WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO THE TWIN CITIES AND LADYSMITH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...AND THEN PUSH EAST ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN NOT COVERED BY THE WARNING NORTH OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA COULD REACH 6 INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRA TO WILLMAR AND MANKATO. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST. MNZ054-056-080600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-066-080600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO FALL NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 94 WHERE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRONGEST. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060>063-068-080600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ014>016-023-080600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-080600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. 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. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ076-080600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LE SUEUR 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ082>084-091-092-080600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-070-077-078-080600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WIZ024>028-080600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 349 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BORGHOFF
13 follow-up statements
892 WWUS43 KMPX 080239 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING...THEN A LARGER WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING... .THE FIRST OF TWO SYSTEMS HAS BEEN PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BUT THE SNOW WAS TAPERING OFF. ACCUMULATIONS THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. IT APPEARS THE SECOND SYSTEM FOR THE WEEKEND WILL DEVELOP INTO A WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON MINNESOTA TO THE TWIN CITIES AND LADYSMITH WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...AND THEN PUSH EAST...ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS TO RED WING...THEN TO EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA COULD REACH 6 INCHES...IF THE STORM SLIDES A LITTLE SOUTH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON SUNDAY IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO MANKATO. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM...WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...AND SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FARTHER EAST. MNZ054-056-081045- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-081045- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ076-081045- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LE SUEUR 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ082>084-091-092-080345- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121208T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING...WITH TOTALS OF ONLY ONE OR TWO INCHES. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-066-081045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO FALL NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 94 WHERE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRONGEST. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-081045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ069-070-077-078-WIZ024>028-081045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 839 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACH 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
927 WWUS43 KMPX 080917 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 317 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM GAINING STRENGTH OVER THE FAR WESTERN DAKOTAS... A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO GAIN STRENGTH EARLY THIS MORNING AS IT ENTERS THE FAR WESTERN DAKOTAS. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MARCH INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY THE MID-AFTERNOON...AND ENTER FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON MINNESOTA TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN ...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN DEVELOP EAST...ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO ANOKA...TO CHETEK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS TO RED WING...THEN TO EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA WILL VARY FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO MANKATO. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM...WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...AND SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>059-066-081730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 317 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO FALL NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO ANOKA...TO CHETEK. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 TO 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 94 WHERE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRONGEST. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-081730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 317 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-081730- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 317 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ069-070-076>078-WIZ024>028-081730- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 317 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
297 WWUS43 KMPX 080922 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM GAINING STRENGTH OVER THE FAR WESTERN DAKOTAS... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO GAIN STRENGTH EARLY THIS MORNING AS IT ENTERS THE FAR WESTERN DAKOTAS. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MARCH INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY THE MID-AFTERNOON...AND ENTER FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON MINNESOTA TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN ...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN DEVELOP EAST...ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO ANOKA...TO CHETEK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS TO RED WING...THEN TO EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA WILL VARY FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO MANKATO. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM...WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...AND SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>059-066-081745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO FALL NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO ANOKA...TO CHETEK. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 TO 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 94 WHERE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRONGEST. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-081745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-081745- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ069-070-076>078-WIZ024>028-081745- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
033 WWUS43 KMPX 081648 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM REMAINS ON TRACK FOR LATER THIS EVENING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF THE DAKOTAS AND WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TOWARDS THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHERN WISCONSIN...WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON MINNESOTA TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON ...AND FINALLY MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATER THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO ANOKA...TO CHETEK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS TO RED WING...THEN TO EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA....ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>059-066-090100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-090100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ064-065-067-073>075-090100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ069-070-076>078-WIZ024>028-090100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JRB
889 WWUS43 KMPX 082136 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND WILL BEGIN AFFECTING WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM ABOUT NEW ULM TO ROCHESTER ON SUNDAY WHICH IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD AND NORTH OF THIS LOW TRACK TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. BECAUSE COMPUTER MODELS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH WITH THE TRACK OF THE LOW...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE ALSO SHIFTED SOUTH. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO RED WING MINNESOTA...AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED SOUTH OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING DOWN TO THE IOWA BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS HERE WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF GRADUALLY SUNDAY EVENING. SOME GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 TO 45 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM SUNDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO ALEXANDRIA. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FURTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. DO NOT TRAVEL. SHOULD YOUR VEHICLE GET STUCK...YOUR LIFE WILL BE AT RISK. MNZ064-065-067-090545- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 25 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-090545- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND 10 TO 15 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-090545- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND ZERO TO 5 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ069-070-WIZ024>028-090545- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-066-090545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP MID EVENING AND CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTHEAST OF I-94. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-090545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082-091-090545- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ083>085-092-093-090545- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ076>078-090545- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ BORGHOFF
542 WWUS43 KMPX 082343 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND WILL BEGIN AFFECTING WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM ABOUT NEW ULM TO ROCHESTER ON SUNDAY WHICH IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD AND NORTH OF THIS LOW TRACK TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. BECAUSE COMPUTER MODELS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH WITH THE TRACK OF THE LOW...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE ALSO SHIFTED SOUTH. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO RED WING MINNESOTA...AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED SOUTH OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING DOWN TO THE IOWA BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS HERE WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF GRADUALLY SUNDAY EVENING. SOME GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 TO 45 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM SUNDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO ALEXANDRIA. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FURTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. DO NOT TRAVEL. SHOULD YOUR VEHICLE GET STUCK...YOUR LIFE WILL BE AT RISK. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-090745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD 543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON... AND 10 TO 15 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-090745- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND ZERO TO 5 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-066-090745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP MID EVENING AND CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060>063-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-090745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082-091-090745- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-090745- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ BORGHOFF
647 WWUS43 KMPX 090740 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL EXPAND THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FARTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS IS NOT ADVISED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MNZ058-066-091545- /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON 140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 11 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...20S TODAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ076>078-091545- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-091545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD 140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...20S TODAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-091545- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY......NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...20S TODAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-091545- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW LINGERING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-091545- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CLF/JLT
251 WWUS43 KMPX 091523 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED AS MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL EXPAND THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FARTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS IS NOT ADVISED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-092330- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD 923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 15 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-092330- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 15 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 092330- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW LINGERING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-092330- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ BORGHOFF
576 WWUS43 KMPX 091724 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED AS MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS NOW TAKEN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 TO 45 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FARTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME. FINALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS IS NOT ADVISED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-100130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS 9 TO 15 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-100130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS 8 TO 14 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 100130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW LINGERING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-100130- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JRB
573 WWUS43 KMPX 092049 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS UNDERWAY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA... ...VERY HEAVY SNOW TOTALS EXPECTED THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE EVENING. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS IS DISCOURAGED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...AND STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>075-100500- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 100500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES IN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-100500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TEMPORARILY...BUT WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR A TIME. THE SNOW WILL THEN MOVE OUT EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ BORGHOFF
355 WWUS43 KMPX 100144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM SLOWLY WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM STORM THAT IMPACTED THE REGION TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL HAS NEARLY ENDED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...THOUGH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL END ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING...SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS CONTINUES TO BE DIFFICULT AND WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THE REST OF TONIGHT AS THIS FRESH SNOWFALL IS SLOWLY CLEANED OFF OF ROADS. THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>075-100600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL END BY 10 PM...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 100600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-100600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
784 WWUS43 KMPX 100317 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM SLOWLY WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM STORM THAT IMPACTED THE REGION TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL HAS NEARLY ENDED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...THOUGH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL END ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING...SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS CONTINUES TO BE DIFFICULT AND WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THE REST OF TONIGHT AS THIS FRESH SNOWFALL IS SLOWLY CLEANED OFF OF ROADS. THEREFORE... TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WHERE THE COMBINATION OF THE NORTHWEST WINDS AND TEMPERATURES FALLING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-101130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.121210T0600Z-121210T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL IS NOW ENDING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ058-066-067-075-100600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL END BY 10 PM...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN. * TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-049-101130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.121210T0600Z-121210T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 8 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO FOR TODD AND WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 100600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-100600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
176 WWUS43 KMPX 100609 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM IS FINISHED ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO WESTERN MINNESOTA AND OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN HAS FINALLY EXITED THE REGION. IN ADDITION...AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WITH BRISK WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS A RESULT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-101415- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WERE 10 TO 17 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ058-066-067-075-100715- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED...BUT ROADS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE 10 TO 17 INCHES. $$ MNZ042-049-101415- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ TODD-STEARNS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WERE 9 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 100715- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS EXPIRED. STORM TOTALS RANGED FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-100715- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 29 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur and 8 more | 16 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012Every winter 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.