Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

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WWUS43 KMPX 080922 CCA
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM GAINING STRENGTH OVER THE FAR WESTERN DAKOTAS...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO GAIN STRENGTH EARLY
THIS MORNING AS IT ENTERS THE FAR WESTERN DAKOTAS. THE LOW
PRESSURE AREA WILL MARCH INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY THE 
MID-AFTERNOON...AND ENTER FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MADISON MINNESOTA TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN
...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL SPREAD
INTO FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN
DEVELOP EAST...ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO
ANOKA...TO CHETEK.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM GRANITE
FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS TO RED WING...THEN TO EAU CLAIRE AND
CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY AREA WILL VARY FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES.

NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE GREATEST THREAT
FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO MANKATO. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM...WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...AND SOME
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

MNZ041>045-047>059-066-081745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON
322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE
  INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO FALL NORTH OF
  A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO ANOKA...TO CHETEK.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
  MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 TO 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 94
  WHERE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRONGEST. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL
  SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-081745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA 
  EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND
  GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY
  EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ064-065-067-073>075-081745-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

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

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING...
   AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL 
  DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND 
  GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 
  IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY 
  EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW 
MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.


&&

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-WIZ024>028-081745-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
322 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY 
  SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* MAIN IMPACT...3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL 
  DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 
  25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL 
  SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW 
MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

033 
WWUS43 KMPX 081648
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM REMAINS ON TRACK FOR LATER THIS EVENING...

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE HIGH
PLAINS OF THE DAKOTAS AND WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TOWARDS THE UPPER
MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL
FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHERN WISCONSIN...WHICH
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER IN THE DAY ON
SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM MADISON MINNESOTA TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO LADYSMITH
WISCONSIN...FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL
DEVELOP OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...SPREAD
ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON ...AND FINALLY MOVE
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATER THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 5 TO 8
INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
ALEXANDRIA...TO BUFFALO TO ANOKA...TO CHETEK.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM GRANITE FALLS AND
REDWOOD FALLS TO RED WING...THEN TO EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS
WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA
WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES.

CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA....ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

MNZ041>045-047>059-066-090100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON
1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA
  BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND
  LAST THROUGH SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER
  VALLEY. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS
  WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-090100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA 
  EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND
  GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE EARLY
  SUNDAY MORNING AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ064-065-067-073>075-090100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING...
   AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  DEVELOP SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN
  AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS
  WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-WIZ024>028-090100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1048 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING...
  AND TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL 
  DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 
  25 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL 
  SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

JRB

889 
WWUS43 KMPX 082136
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... 
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS
AND WILL BEGIN AFFECTING WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW
PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM ABOUT NEW ULM TO ROCHESTER ON SUNDAY
WHICH IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED. MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD AND NORTH OF THIS LOW TRACK
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

BECAUSE COMPUTER MODELS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH WITH THE TRACK OF THE
LOW...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE
ALSO SHIFTED SOUTH. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT NORTH
OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO RED WING MINNESOTA...AND EAU
CLAIRE WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST
TOTALS NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED SOUTH OF THE WINTER
STORM WARNING DOWN TO THE IOWA BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS HERE WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES.

BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE TAPERING OFF GRADUALLY SUNDAY EVENING. SOME GUSTS MAY
EXCEED 40 TO 45 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM SUNDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO ALEXANDRIA. AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FURTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS
PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS
AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. DO NOT TRAVEL. SHOULD YOUR VEHICLE GET
STUCK...YOUR LIFE WILL BE AT RISK.

MNZ064-065-067-090545-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6
PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING
  AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER.
  THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE
  SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND 5 TO 10
  BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 25 BELOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-090545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING
  AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER.
  THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE
  SYSTEM INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND 10
  TO 15 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30
  BELOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ073>075-090545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING
  AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER.
  THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE
  SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND ZERO TO 5
  BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-WIZ024>028-090545-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
  AND 3 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
  SUNDAY EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 25 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-066-090545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP MID EVENING AND
  CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
  NORTHEAST OF I-94.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15
  TO 25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068-WIZ014>016-023-090545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT
  AND CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
  NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO
  25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082-091-090545-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
  STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW
  SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM
  THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP
  LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
  POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE
  SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ083>085-092-093-090545-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. THE
  STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW
  SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM
  THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP
  LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE
  LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ076>078-090545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING
336 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE
  STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW
  SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM
  THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP
  LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE LATE
  SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF

542 
WWUS43 KMPX 082343
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... 

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS
AND WILL BEGIN AFFECTING WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW
PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM ABOUT NEW ULM TO ROCHESTER ON SUNDAY
WHICH IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD AND NORTH OF THIS
LOW TRACK TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

BECAUSE COMPUTER MODELS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH WITH THE TRACK OF THE
LOW...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE
ALSO SHIFTED SOUTH. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT NORTH
OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO RED WING MINNESOTA...AND EAU
CLAIRE WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST
TOTALS NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED SOUTH OF THE WINTER
STORM WARNING DOWN TO THE IOWA BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS HERE WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES.

BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE TAPERING OFF GRADUALLY SUNDAY EVENING. SOME GUSTS MAY
EXCEED 40 TO 45 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM SUNDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY
NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO ALEXANDRIA. AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FURTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER
WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS
AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. DO NOT TRAVEL. SHOULD YOUR VEHICLE GET
STUCK...YOUR LIFE WILL BE AT RISK.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-090745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD
543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST
SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING 
  AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER 
  OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED 
  THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST 
  WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 
  MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT 
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO 
  VISIBILITY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND 
  THE SYSTEM INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON... 
  AND 10 TO 15 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 
  25 TO 30 BELOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ073>075-090745-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST
SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING 
  AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER 
  OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED 
  THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST 
  WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 
  MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT 
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO 
  VISIBILITY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S EARLY ON SUNDAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND 
  THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND ZERO 
  TO 5 BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 
  25 BELOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-066-090745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON
543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP MID EVENING AND 
  CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF 
  SUNDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS 
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-090745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-
RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT 
  AND CONTINUE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF 
  SUNDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS 
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082-091-090745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. 
  THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW 
  SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE 
  FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL 
  DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 
  20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD 
  CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL 
  SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ076>078-083>085-092-093-090745-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.121209T0600Z-121210T0600Z/
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
543 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. 
  THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW 
  SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE 
  FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL 
  DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 
  15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL 
  SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY EVENING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF

647 
WWUS43 KMPX 090740
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH. A
WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY FOR LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOWFALL.

A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL EXPAND
THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. BEHIND THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY
TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MPH.
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FARTHER
EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD
WARNING AT THIS TIME.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO
LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS
LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM
WARNING AREAS IS NOT ADVISED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND
STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO
THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

MNZ058-066-091545-
/O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
MEEKER-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON
140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE
  HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE
  NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 11 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...20S TODAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE
  TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND 5 TO 10
  BELOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW 
  ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ076>078-091545-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING
140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE
  HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE
  NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-091545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD
140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE
  HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE
  NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...20S TODAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE
  TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND 5 TO 10
  BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ073>075-091545-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE
  HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE
  NORTHWEST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY......NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...20S TODAY WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE
  TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND 5 TO 10
  BELOW LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-091545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE HEAVY
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE
  NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW LINGERING THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-091545-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
140 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE
  STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE
  NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CLF/JLT

251 
WWUS43 KMPX 091523
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED AS MAJOR WINTER STORM
CONTINUES...

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY
FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL.

A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL
EXPAND THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. BEHIND THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED
40 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS
AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED
FARTHER EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A
BLIZZARD WARNING AT THIS TIME.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO
LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS
LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM
WARNING AREAS IS NOT ADVISED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AND
STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO
THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-092330-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD
923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST
  WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 15 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND
  SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE
  TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ073>075-092330-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.121209T1700Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST
  WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 15 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND
  SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE
  TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
092330-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE HEAVY 
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS 
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE 
  NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW LINGERING THIS EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN
  MINNESOTA. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-092330-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
923 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE 
  STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW 
  SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM 
  THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 35 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF

576 
WWUS43 KMPX 091724
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED AS MAJOR WINTER STORM
CONTINUES...

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS NOW TAKEN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY
FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY
SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY TODAY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL.

A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING
OFF THIS EVENING. SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 TO 45 MPH.
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FARTHER
EAST...BUT LIGHTER WINDS PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A BLIZZARD
WARNING AT THIS TIME.

FINALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL
BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL
READINGS AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND
WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS IS NOT ADVISED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY
DIFFICULT AND STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR
HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT.

MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-100130-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD
1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS  
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST  
  WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS 9 TO 15 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND
  SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE
  TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ073>075-100130-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121209T1700Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVY
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS  
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST  
  WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS  
  EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS 8 TO 14 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND
  SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 5 TO 10 BELOW LATE
  TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
100130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE HEAVY 
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS 
  EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE 
  NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW LINGERING THIS EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS 
  IN MINNESOTA. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST 
  WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-100130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1124 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE 
  STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A FEW SNOW 
  SHOWERS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM 
  THE NORTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

JRB

573 
WWUS43 KMPX 092049
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS UNDERWAY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...

...VERY HEAVY SNOW TOTALS EXPECTED THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY
SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL.

THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE EVENING. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED HEAVILY
ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS INCREASE.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO
LATE TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS
LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW. TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM
WARNING AREAS IS DISCOURAGED. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE...AND STRANDED MOTORISTS RISK GETTING FROSTBITE OR
HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO THE FRIGID WIND CHILL LATE THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT.

MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>075-100500-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER
249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
  WILL THEN SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
  45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITY.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND 
  SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE 
  TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
100500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM
  WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE
  NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF
  UP TO 16 INCHES IN MINNESOTA.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS
  ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE
  THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS
  WINDS INCREASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-100500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
249 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TEMPORARILY...BUT WILL REDEVELOP
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR A TIME. THE SNOW WILL THEN MOVE OUT EARLY
  THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST
  WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF

355 
WWUS43 KMPX 100144
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012


...WINTER STORM SLOWLY WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING ACROSS MINNESOTA
AND WISCONSIN...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ALONG
WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM STORM THAT IMPACTED THE REGION TODAY
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL HAS
NEARLY ENDED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...THOUGH STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS CONTINUE TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING
SNOW. SNOW WILL END ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS
INCREASE THIS EVENING...SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN.

TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS CONTINUES TO
BE DIFFICULT AND WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THE REST OF TONIGHT AS THIS
FRESH SNOWFALL IS SLOWLY CLEANED OFF OF ROADS. THEREFORE...TRAVEL
IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE SYSTEM TO WELL BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS
20 TO 30 BELOW. 

MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>075-100600-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER
744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL END BY 10 PM...BUT STRONG
  NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE
  WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS
  AWAY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
  45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR
  ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN.

* TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND
  SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE
  TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
100600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM 
  WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM 
  THE NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE 
  EVENING. 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
  TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT
  ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS
  ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE
  THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS
  WINDS INCREASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-100600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
744 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER
  OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING
  WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF
  TONIGHT.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE
  TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

784 
WWUS43 KMPX 100317
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM SLOWLY WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING ACROSS MINNESOTA
AND WISCONSIN...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING
FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL. FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REMAINS
UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL
ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM STORM THAT IMPACTED THE REGION TODAY
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL HAS
NEARLY ENDED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...THOUGH STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS CONTINUE TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING
SNOW. SNOW WILL END ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS
INCREASE THIS EVENING...SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN.

TRAVEL IN THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS CONTINUES
TO BE DIFFICULT AND WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THE REST OF TONIGHT AS
THIS FRESH SNOWFALL IS SLOWLY CLEANED OFF OF ROADS. THEREFORE...
TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WHERE THE COMBINATION
OF THE NORTHWEST WINDS AND TEMPERATURES FALLING TO BETWEEN 10 AND
15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-101130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.121210T0600Z-121210T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL IS NOW ENDING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST
  WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE WINDS WILL
  SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH 
  AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH 
  NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN
  10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH
  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
  FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ058-066-067-075-100600-
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
ST. PETER
917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL END BY 10 PM...BUT STRONG 
  NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. THESE 
  WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS 
  AWAY. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH 
  AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH 
  NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO LOCALLY 17 INCHES HAS FALLEN.

* TEMPERATURES...PLUMMETING BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO THE TEENS AND 
  SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 6 TO 11 BELOW LATE 
  TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ042-049-101130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.121210T0600Z-121210T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
TODD-STEARNS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD
917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO 
  EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE 
  NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED 
  TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN
  8 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH
  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
  FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO FOR TODD AND WESTERN
  STEARNS COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT 
  ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS 
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS 
  ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE 
  THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS 
  WINDS INCREASE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
100600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO 
  EAST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL THEN INCREASE FROM THE 
  NORTHWEST WITH DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED 
  TOTALS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT 
  ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS 
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SNOW HAS 
  ACCUMULATED HEAVILY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...BRINGING THE 
  THREAT FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS 
  WINDS INCREASE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-100600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
917 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER 
  OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING 
  WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF 
  TONIGHT. 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD 
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS 
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

176 
WWUS43 KMPX 100609
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

...WINTER STORM IS FINISHED ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN SO THE
WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO
WESTERN MINNESOTA AND OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN HAS FINALLY EXITED THE REGION. IN
ADDITION...AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WITH BRISK WINDS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS A
RESULT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION FROM
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-101415-
/O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM
1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WERE 10 TO 17
  INCHES. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN
  10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH
  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
  FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ058-066-067-075-100715-
/O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
ST. PETER
1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED...BUT ROADS
MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE
10 TO 17 INCHES.

$$

MNZ042-049-101415-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/
TODD-STEARNS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD
1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WERE 9 TO 15 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN
  10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH
  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
  FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
100715-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION SO THE WINTER
STORM WARNING IS EXPIRED. STORM TOTALS RANGED FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. 

$$

MNZ082>085-091>093-100715-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1209 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION SO THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED.

$$

JRB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1154 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012

.UPDATE...

UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 446 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

BUSY DAY WITH TWO SYSTEMS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM.
THE FIRST ONE IS ONGOING AND SPREADING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THIS IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A FAIRLY WEAK MID
LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDING EAST ALONG THE IOWA/MN BORDER WHICH WILL
EXIT THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. LOTS OF 3/4 TO 1 1/2 MILE
VIS...BUT SNOWFLAKE TYPE HAS NOT BEEN DENDRITIC SO NOT
ANTICIPATING TOO MUCH ACCUMULATION. CONTINUED THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH WHERE THE BEST SHOT AT 2 INCH TOTALS WILL
OCCUR...AND POSTED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE TWIN CITIES
METRO FOR A VERY SLOW COMMUTE NOW UNDERWAY.

THE BIG STORY FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS THE WINTER STORM
EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE STORY LINES
WITH THIS SYSTEM AND IT REMAINS A COMPLEX AND DEVELOPING
SITUATION. HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE FOCUSED AN AREA OF MOST CONCERN
REGARDING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NORTHERN CWA...MOSTLY
CENTRAL MN AND NWRN WISCONSIN WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ISSUED. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...WE ARE STILL EXPECTING A BAND
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BUT THE DURATION OF SUCH SNOW WILL BE
MORE QUESTIONABLE AND IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON STORM TRACK WHICH
STILL LEAVES TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN QUESTION. KEPT THE WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR A COUPLE TIERS OF COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH WHERE MORE
BORDERLINE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. FUTURE MODEL RUNS
SHOULD INCREASE CONFIDENCE TO GO WITH A WARNING OR ADVISORY WITH
ADDITIONAL FORECAST PACKAGES. ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MN...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT CLOSER TO THE
EVENT.

MODELS REMAIN AT ODDS WITH THE AMOUNT OF QPF THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING AND THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE LOW. HOWEVER...NONE OF THESE
DIFFERENCES REALLY IMPACT THE FORECAST TOO MUCH ACROSS THE NORTH
WHERE THE WARNING WAS POSTED. PREFER A LOW TRACK FROM MADISON MN
TO THE TWIN CITIES AND BETWEEN LADYSMITH AND EAU CLAIRE DURING THE
DAY SUNDAY WHICH SEEMS TO BE A DECENT MODEL CONSENSUS OF THE
EURO/CMC/12Z GFS. THE 12Z/18Z NAM AND 18Z GFS SEEM TOO FAR NORTH
WITH THE LOW AND WERE DISCARDED. AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL WHICH
PREFORMS GENERALLY WELL KEEPS THE LOW WELL TO THE SOUTH ACROSS
IOWA WHICH ALSO SEEMS TO BE AN OUTLIER AND WAS DISCARDED FOR NOW.

QPF ON THE ORDER OF TWO TENTHS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND BETWEEN
0.5-0.7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH. GIVEN
ROUGHLY A 12:1 RATIO...SHOULD SEE STORM TOTALS OF 3 INCHES FAR
SOUTH TO 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH.

THIS LINES UP WELL WITH HOW THIS IS LIKELY TO PLAY OUT. INITIAL
WAA SNOW BAND WITH STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY EVENING/EARLY OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOW TRACKS
EAST ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN MN...A DRY SLOT WILL FOLLOW TO ITS
SOUTHWEST FLANK SUNDAY MORNING. THIS MAY END MOST OF THE STEADY
SNOW ACROSS FAR SRN MN AND LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS. THIS IS WHERE THE
MOST UNCERTAINTY REMAINS FOR THIS FORECAST...HOW FAR NORTH WILL IT
GET AND THAT DEPENDS ON LOW TRACK. ALONG AND NORTH OF THE LOW WILL
BE THE DEFORMATION BAND WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ITS MOST
POTENT AS IT PIVOTS NORTHEAST OF I-94...WHICH IS WHERE THE MOST
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY BEHIND
THE LOW IN THE STRONG CAA REGIME SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH
STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...BUT ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...KEPT THE HEADLINES GOING THROUGH 06Z
MONDAY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...TO BE DISCUSSED NEXT.

BEHIND THE LOW...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING WHICH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ACROSS WRN
MN. THIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BECAUSE
SNOW WILL BE FALLING MOSTLY WITHIN THE INVERTED TROUGH WHERE
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM 25 TO 32F...THE SNOW MAY CONTAIN A
HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT THAN IS IDEAL FOR WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF
UNTIL MOST OF THE SNOW HAS FINISHED FALLING. FALLING SNOW IS
USUALLY REQUIRED TO HELP BRING DOWN VISIBILITIES ON A LONGER TIME
SCALE TO MEET THE BLIZZARD TIME REQUIREMENT OF THREE HOURS...
ESPECIALLY WITH A WETTER SNOW.

LONG TERM...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE DEPARTURE OF THE LOW
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING WELL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE
WEST...AND SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO THE EAST WHERE MORE CLOUD COVER
WILL PERSIST. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW REMAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TEMPS MONDAY WILL REBOUND
ONLY TO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS/MID TEENS.

THE REST OF THE LONG TERM WAS LEFT GENERALLY AS IS. GENERAL
TROUGHINESS WILL PERSIST INTO MIDWEEK...WITH MORE OF A ZONAL FLOW
EXPECTED BY LATE WEEK. THE STORM TRACK SHOULD REMAIN NORTH SO KEPT
POPS LOW THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM.

&&

.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
LIGHT SNOW MOVING EAST WITH BEST RADAR PRESENTATION OVER EASTERN
HALF OF MN INTO WISC. HOWEVER THERE REMAINS PRECIP IN WESTERN MN
INTO SD WITH SOME VERY LIGHT RETURNS ON THE KABR RADAR. VARIOUS
OBSERVATION SITES ALSO CONTINUE TO REPORT PRECIP. SUBTLE SHORT
WAVE STILL MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WITH RAP13 SHOWING A LITTLE
BETTER SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO WESTERN MN AROUND 10Z. LIGHT PRECIP
WILL THUS CONTINUE AT KRWF/KAXN/KSTC THROUGH THE NIGHT AND HAVE A
PATCHWORK OF 2-4SM VSBY IN LIGHT SNOW. CEILING ALSO TROUBLESOME AS
MVFR HAS BEEN COMMON AND SOME IFR IN AN AREA WHERE SURFACE RIDGE
IS MOVING ACROSS. THUS LITTLE TO NO GRADIENT SO THERE MAY BE SOME
CHANCE FOR WC/SW SITES TO GO DOWN TO 1SM IN BR AND VERY LIGHT
SNOW.

ONCE SHORT WAVE GOES BY...THERE WILL BE A RESPITE FOR 12-15 HOURS
BEFORE MAIN SHOW STARTS SATURDAY EVENING. KAXN MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO
IFR CEILINGS/VSBY IN SNOW AFTER 03Z.

KMSP...LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND WILL PERSIST MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH
SURFACE RIDGE TO THE WEST. PAIR OF SHORT WAVES WILL KEEP OCNL MVFR
CEILINGS...VSBYS AND LIGHT SNOW AT KMSP THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND
CONFIDENCE FOR THIS IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. THERE IS SOME
CHANCE VISIBILITY MIGHT GO IFR IN THE LIGHT SNOW BUT HAVE NOT
INDICATED THAT YET...WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT NOW AS CONFIDENCE IN
IFR IS BELOW AVERAGE. ONCE SHORT WAVE GOES BY AROUND 15Z... VFR IS
EXPECTED. BUT NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE IN SOON AFTER 06Z WITH
SNOW.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/

SUN...IFR WITH POSSIBLE LIFR -SN/+SN EARLY. SN ENDING BY
AFTERNOON WITH MVFR CIGS. WINDS BCMG NW AT 20G30KTS AFTER 18Z.
MON...MVFR CIGS EARLY...THEN VFR. WINDS W-SW AT 10G15KTS.
TUE...MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE. WINDS W AT 10G15KTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
     EVENING FOR DAKOTA-GOODHUE-LE SUEUR-RICE-SCOTT.

     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR BENTON-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-KANABEC-
     KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
     POPE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT.

     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
     CST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ANOKA-CARVER-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
     WASHINGTON.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
     FOR BROWN-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-YELLOW MEDICINE.

WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
     EVENING FOR CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE.

     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
     CST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR BARRON-POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.

&&

BB/TK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
114 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
090715-
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-
114 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH 6 AM.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
THE AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WIND WILL
BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...AND THE OCCURRENCE OF
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OBVIOUSLY DEPEND ON HOW MUCH SNOW HAS
FALLEN. SUNDAY NIGHT WIND CHILL VALUES IN MINNESOTA WILL BE -
10 TO -25 DEGREES...WITH A WIND CHILL OF ZERO TO TEN BELOW IN
WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

JLT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
940 PM CST FRI DEC 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     SNOW             LAKEVILLE               44.68N 93.24W
12/07/2012  M1.2 INCH        DAKOTA             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TDK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1020 PM CST FRI DEC 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     SNOW             KINGSTON                45.20N 94.31W
12/07/2012  M1.0 INCH        MEEKER             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AJZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1206 AM CST SAT DEC 08 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1205 AM     SNOW             1 W NEW PRAGUE          44.55N 93.59W
12/08/2012  M1.4 INCH        SCOTT              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JLT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1234 AM CST SAT DEC 08 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     SNOW             SACRED HEART            44.78N 95.35W
12/08/2012  M1.1 INCH        RENVILLE           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JLT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
107 AM CST SAT DEC 08 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     SNOW             1 WNW PRIOR LAKE        44.73N 93.45W
12/07/2012  M1.1 INCH        SCOTT              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JLT