Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Feb 26, 2012, 3:38 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2012, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2012, 4:26 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn 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, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan 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), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
447 WWUS43 KMPX 260938 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 338 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...A FEW INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH TODAY... THEN SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 PM TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS... TO ST. CLOUD... TO MORA IN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR ALEXANDRIA... LITTLE FALLS AND MORA... WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MORRIS... TO SAINT CLOUD... TO MILACA. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD LIGHT SNOW ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES INTO THE STATE FROM THE DAKOTAS. SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... THEN THE ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF BY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL... SOUTH CENTRAL... AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TUESDAY MORNING... AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES EAST ALONG OR NEAR THE MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY... AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME SLEET COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITES METRO AREA TO RED WING... WITH RAIN POSSIBLE FOR A TIME NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS WELL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY... AND THE EXACT TRACK IT WILL TAKE IS NOT YET CERTAIN. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER NORTH... THEN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SLEET AND/OR RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOULD THE STORM TAKE A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK... THEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WOULD SHIFT INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. MNZ041>045-047>050-055-261745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...BENSON 338 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY EVENING... ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. A MORE SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS... UNTREATED ROADS... AND BRIDGES. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW OCCUR THEN. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ051>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-261745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 338 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD HEAVY SNOWFALL OCCUR. GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
069 WWUS43 KMPX 261605 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1005 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL... SOUTH CENTRAL... AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TUESDAY MORNING... AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES EAST ALONG OR NEAR THE MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY... AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME SLEET COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITES METRO AREA TO RED WING... WITH RAIN POSSIBLE FOR A TIME NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS WELL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY... AND THE EXACT TRACK IT WILL TAKE IS NOT YET CERTAIN. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER NORTH... THEN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SLEET AND/OR RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOULD THE STORM TAKE A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK... THEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WOULD SHIFT INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. MNZ041>045-047>050-055-270000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...BENSON 1005 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY. * TIMING...A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW OCCUR THEN. GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ051>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-270000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1005 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD HEAVY SNOWFALL OCCUR. GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
080 WWUS43 KMPX 262122 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WATCH. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TUESDAY MORNING...AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITES METRO AREA TO RED WING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE BECOMING MORE LIKELY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 23. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. REMEMBER...THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY...AND THE EXACT TRACK IT TAKES IS STILL IN QUESTION. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER NORTH...THEN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOULD THE STORM TAKE A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...THEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-270530- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 322 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-270530- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 322 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS DURING THIS PERIOD MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-270530- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 322 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS DURING THIS PERIOD MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ RAH/CLF
829 WWUS43 KMPX 270352 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 952 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TUESDAY MORNING...AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN SLOW DOWN AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITES METRO AREA TO RED WING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE BECOMING MORE LIKELY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 23. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. REMEMBER...THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY...AND THE EXACT TRACK IT TAKES IS STILL IN QUESTION. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER NORTH...THEN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOULD THE STORM TAKE A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...THEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-271200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 952 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-271200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 952 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS DURING THIS PERIOD MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ RAH
862 WWUS43 KMPX 270952 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...IS FORECAST TO TREK NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING...THEN SLIDE EAST INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITES METRO AREA TO RED WING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE BECOMING MORE LIKELY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 23. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. REMEMBER...THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY...AND THE EXACT TRACK IT TAKES IS STILL IN QUESTION. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER NORTH...THEN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOULD THE STORM TAKE A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...THEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-271800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 352 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-271800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 352 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS DURING THIS PERIOD MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
971 WWUS43 KMPX 271815 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1215 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO STAPLES. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...IS FORECAST TO TREK NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING...THEN SLIDE EAST INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY THROUGH WILLMAR TO RICE LAKE. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT THEN TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWESTERN WATCH AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXACT PRECIPITATION TYPES WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER NORTH...THEN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOULD THE STORM TAKE A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...THEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-280215- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1215 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065-066-068-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028- 280215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1215 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS DURING THIS PERIOD MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ALREADY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ067-069-070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-280215- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SIBLEY-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 1215 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JB
578 WWUS43 KMPX 272226 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON THROUGH ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY...THROUGH FARIBAULT...TO ZUMBROTA...AND ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN WEST TONIGHT...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. A VAST AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...BRINGING SNOW ACROSS ALL OF MINNESOTA BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM MORRIS THROUGH ST CLOUD TO NEAR RICE LAKE...WISCONSIN. ACROSS THAT AREA 10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND CAN EXPECT A WINTRY MIX...WITH SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ALL POSSIBLE...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...LOCATIONS NEAR THE MINNESOTA...IOWA BORDER WILL HAVE WARMER TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...WHICH SHOULD LESSEN THE WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS. MNZ041-047-048-055-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-054-056-064-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ TODD-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. HEAVY SNOW MAY BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043-049>051-057>060-065>070-076>078-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES NORTH FROM WILLMAR TO CAMBRIDGE...TO 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...INCLUDING THE METRO AREA. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-061>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SWITCHING BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM AMERY TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO EAU CLAIRE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A HALT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-280630- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 426 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY...TRANSITION TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND RAIN. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AND HAVE WINTER WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:14 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:22 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 25 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.