Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA 
   THURSDAY...

.A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THE WATCH WAS MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS TO OWATONNA. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...WILL TRACK
SOUTHEAST OVER INTO NORTHERN IOWA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE...MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
OCCUR NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.

MNZ054-064-075>078-WIZ026-222315-
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LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
PEPIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...DURAND...PEPIN
406 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH
THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 

THE LATEST INDICATIONS IS THAT THE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP AND TRACK
FURTHER TO SOUTH AND WEST OF THIS AREA. 


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REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
406 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN WESTERN 
  MINNESOTA AND SLIDES EAST THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE 
  MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT...A BAND OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR AND SOUTH OF
  A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO OWATONNA. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT 
  TRAVEL IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. 

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.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
951 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012

...SNOW MOVING INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY...

.SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
ON THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY MAINLY
SOUTH AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND HAS REPLACED IT WITH
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF WATONWAN...MARTIN...FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN. 
UNTREATED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME VERY SLIPPERY AND SNOW
COVERED. THIS WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...WILL TRACK
SOUTHEAST OVER NORTHEAST IOWA BY THURSDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING A SWATH OF SNOW TO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IOWA BEFORE MOVING OVER THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE LATEST COMPUTER MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE TO TREND THE
WINTER STORM SOUTH THEN PREVIOUS PREDICTIONS. 



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REDWOOD-BROWN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA
951 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE LATEST COMPUTER MODELS 
AND OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE TO TREND THE WINTER STORM SOUTH THEN
PREVIOUS PREDICTIONS.

THE WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
SAINT JAMES TO ALBERT LEA.


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WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
951 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPS IN THE MORNING...AND CONTINUING
  THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...A BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY SOUTH OF
  A LINE FROM SAINT JAMES TO ALBERT LEA. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT 
  TRAVEL IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. 

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.


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