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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 7, 2012, 4:18 AM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 7, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2012, 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2012, 8:39 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685 WWUS43 KMPX 071018 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 418 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...A COUPLE OF SNOW EVENTS TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .THE FIRST OF TWO SNOW EVENTS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS REGION FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY REGION. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE NOON AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES AND SOUTH TO NEAR WASECA BY LATE AFTERNOON. BY MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW WILL HAVE ENDED TO THE WEST AND TAPERED TO FLURRIES IN THE EAST. THE SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF DEVELOPING INTO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR PART OF THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING...AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WATCH IS LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY...TO ANOKA IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND IN WISCONSIN...FROM TURTLE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY EVENING...AND THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW...COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND COULD CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. MNZ054-056-064-065-073-071830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.121207T1800Z-121208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 418 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AREA BY NOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO THREE 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 INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING...AND TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ067-074>076-082>084-091-092-071830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.121207T1800Z-121208T0600Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 418 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY NOON AND TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-061-066-071830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- ANOKA-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...BLAINE...HUTCHINSON 418 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND CONTINUE...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-027-071830- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 418 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ DWE/RAH
3 follow-up statements
968 WWUS43 KMPX 071641 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1041 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...A COUPLE OF SNOW EVENTS TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .THE FIRST OF TWO SNOW EVENTS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY REGION. THE SNOW WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH THE TWIN CITIES AND SOUTH TO NEAR WASECA BY LATE AFTERNOON. BY MIDNIGHT... THE SNOW WILL HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WEST AND TAPERED TO FLURRIES IN THE EAST. THE SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF DEVELOPING INTO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING...AND OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED SOUTHWARD AND IS NOW IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY EVENING...AND THEN EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND COULD CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH SNOW RATIOS...AND WHETHER BLOWING SNOW WOULD CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO 1/4 MILE...TO ISSUE A BLIZZARD WATCH AT THIS TIME. MNZ067-074>076-080045- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.121207T1800Z-121208T0600Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR 1041 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AREA BY NOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO THREE 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 BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-065-073-080045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.121207T1800Z-121208T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1041 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP INTO THE AREA BY NOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ082>084-091-092-080045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.121207T1800Z-121208T0600Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1041 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO THREE 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. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-068>070-077-078-080045- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1041 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WIZ023>026-028-080045- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1041 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-061-066-080045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- ANOKA-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...HUTCHINSON 1041 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WIZ014>016-027-080045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1041 AM 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 UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. 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
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
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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Dec 7, 4:11 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 4:11 AM CST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
411 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2012
.DISCUSSION...
PLENTY OF CONCERNS THIS MORNING WITH TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVING
THROUGH FROM TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE FIRST IS A MID LEVEL LOW APPROACHING CENTRAL SD EARLY THIS
MORNING. THIS FEATURE IS PROGGED TO MOVE EAST AND PASS ACROSS
SOUTHERN MN THIS EVENING. ACCOMPANYING THE LOW IS A FAIRLY STRONG
BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS AND OMEGA AT -15 DEG C. THE PROBLEM IS THE
FORCING AND MODEL QPF...ESPECIALLY FROM THE GFS...ARE NOT IN SYNC.
IN ADDITION...THERE IS GOOD CONSENSUS ON A PV MAX MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHERN MN ALONG WITH A 120M HEIGHT FALL CENTER. RAP GUIDANCE
POINTS TO SW AND SOUTH CENTRAL MN FOR THE MOST QPF WHICH AGREES
MUCH BETTER WITH THE FORCING. PRECIP AMOUNTS ARE IN THE .10 TO .25
INCH RANGE WITH THE MOST IN OUR FAR SW MN COUNTIES. THE NAM AND
GFS ARE SIMILAR BUT MUCH FARTHER NORTH. FOLLOWING THE FORCING
SEEMS TO BE THE MOST CORRECT THING TO DO AND THIS WOULD PLACE NEAR
ADVISORY SNOWFALL OVER SW AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MN DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE TREND ON THIS WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE
PAST TWO NIGHTS HAS BEEN GETTING STRONGER AND TAKING LONGER TO
WEAKEN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE IS ALSO QUITE THE SNOW
BAND IN WESTERN/CENTRAL SD NORTH OF I-90. THEREFORE..USED
FORECASTER DISCRETION AND ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM
WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MN FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...BUT
CONCERNED AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGHER IN THE BAND OF MID LEVEL -FN
VECTOR DIVERGENCE. STILL HAVE SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE TWIN
CITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH AMOUNTS UP TO ONE
INCH.
THE SECOND CONCERN IS A MUCH STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORECAST
ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. NAM/GFS/ECMWF STILL
SHOW A MID LEVEL LOW PASSING ACROSS CENTRAL MN AND NORTHERN WI
DURING THIS PERIOD. A BAND OF WAA SNOW WILL PRECEDE THE LOW WITH
DEFORMATION SNOW CONTINUING FROM WEST CENTRAL MN INTO THE
ARROWHEAD ON SUNDAY. THE TOP THREE CIPS ANALOGS ALL HAD 6+ INCHES
OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MN WITH A FOOT OR MORE FOR THE NORTH. THE
TREND ON THIS WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE PAST FEW NIGHT IS FARTHER
SOUTH WITH THE SFC/MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE. THIS SYSTEM IS
ACCOMPANIED BY A VERY STRONG PV BOOT SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
POINTING INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS OF MN. THE SURFACE
GRADIENT THAT DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN MN SUNDAY MORNING IS ALARMING.
BUFKIT NAM/GFS PROFILE DATA FOR KMOX SHOW WINDS JUST OFF THE
SURFACE IN THE 25-29 KNOT RANGE WITH TOP OF THE CHANNEL IN THE
38-43 KNOT RANGE. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS...AND IF THE
WINDS VERIFY...THIS COULD END UP BEING A BLIZZARD FOR PARTS OF THE
WEST ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE STEADY OR FALLING IN
THE TEENS WITH BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT.
AFTER QUITE A BIT OF COLLABORATION WITH KDLH...KARX AND KABR...WE
FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. CURRENT SNOW ACCUMULATION GRIDS ARE IN THE 5 TO
7 INCH RANGE ACROSS CENTRAL MN AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WI.
CURRENTLY HAVE 4 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE TWIN CITIES.
LITTLE TIME SPENT ON LONGER TERM GRIDS WITH THE CRH EXTEND
ACCEPTED. A QUICK GLANCE FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIOD
SHOWS ONLY WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM PASSING BY AND MAINLY TO THE NORTH.
TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION... /06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
MAIN CHANGE WITH 06Z TAFS...IS THAT 00Z NAM/GFS ALONG WITH LAST
FEW RUNS OF THE HRRR IS STARTING TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN -SN
OCCURRING AT ALL TERMINALS. TIMING IN TAFS STILL LOOKS GOOD AS WELL.
GFS/NAM ALONG WITH THE HRRR SEEM TO BE HONING IN ON A BAND OF -SN
COMING OUT OF CENTRAL SODAK...THEN DUE EAST ACROSS THE MPX AREA FRI
AFTERNOON/EVENING. AXN/STC MAY BE JUST NORTH OF THE HEAVIEST
SNOW...BUT A QUICK 1-3 INCHES IS LOOKING MORE PLAUSIBLE FOR RWF
AND MSP. FOR WI...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW FORCING AND SNOW WANING
AS THINGS GET INTO WI...SO LEFT VIS RESTRICTIONS ANT RNH/EAU AT
MVFR. CIGS WILL BE SLOW TO DESCEND...BUT BY FRIDAY NIGHT...925-850
RH FROM THE GFS/NAM ALONG WITH SREF PROBS FOR CIGS LESS THAN 3K FT
WOULD INDICATE THAT A BAND OF IFR/MVFR MAY GET HUNG UP ACROSS
MN...SO DID TREND CIGS DOWNWARD...ESPECIALLY FOR AXN/RWF.
KMSP...290/295K ISENTROPIC SFCS ALONG WITH MID-LEVEL FGEN WOULD
SAY SNOW COULD START AS EARLY AS 18Z AT MSP...BUT BEST FORCING
STILL WAITS UNTIL 00Z TO BRING IN BEST FORCING...SO BROUGHT IN IFR
VSBYS THEN. LOOKS LIKE THE EVENING RUSH COULD SEE 1-3 INCHES OF
SNOW IF CURRENT GFS/NAM PANS OUT. FOR WINDS...THEY WILL BE LIGHT
WITH HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING BY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH JUST A
GRADUAL VEERING OF WINDS FROM NW TO SE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
DIRECTIONS LOOK TO CROSS AN 040 DIRECTION AROUND 3Z.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SAT...MVFR CIGS ENDING MID MORNING...THEN VFR. MVFR/IFR CIGS/VIS
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT WITH SN. WINDS SE AT 10KTS.
SUN...SN ENDING IN MORNING...1-3 IN POSSIBLE. MVFR/IFR CIGS/VIS IN
MORNING. MVFR CIGS AFTERNOON. WINDS BCMG NW 20G30KTS.
MON...MVFR CIGS EARLY...BECOMING VFR IN AFTERNOON. WINDS NW 15KTS
IN MORNING...BCMG SW AT 5 KTS IN AFTERNOON.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
FOR BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-FARIBAULT-LAC QUI PARLE-LE
SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-WASECA-
WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ANOKA-BENTON-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-
KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-
MORRISON-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-
SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-POLK-RUSK.
&&
RAH/MPGHazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 5:51 PM CST, 10 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 551 PM CST THU DEC 6 2012 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 071930- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 551 PM CST THU DEC 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED THAT LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FRIDAY EVENING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TO FALL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. CONSIDERABLY COLDER AIR WILL SURGE SOUTHWARD BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. BORGHOFF
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, 3:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 26 more | 56 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.